A patient ceiling-hoist carriage (10) for the transport of a hoisted patient, the patient ceiling hoist carriage (10) comprising an electrically-operable motor (22), a carriage body (12), a patient ceiling-hoist connector (14) connected to the carriage body (12) and with which a patient-ceiling hoist is engagable, and a bogie (16). The bogie (16) has a rail-engagement element (28) and a baseplate (26) which is connectable to the carriage body (12), the rail-engagement element (28) having two axles (36a, 36b) which are in drivable engagement with the motor (22), each axle (36a, 36b) being in engagement with at least one rail-engagement wheel (38) to allow the patient ceiling-hoist carriage (10) to be driven along an associated patient ceiling-hoist carriage rail (18). The configuration such that, when the patient ceiling-hoist carriage (10) is in a region of transition between two adjacent patient ceiling-hoist carriage rails (18), the two axles (36a, 36b) provide traction on both said adjacent patient ceiling-hoist carriage rails (18).
