Abstract: A castored base for a medical cart, the base comprising: a central hub body with a plurality of legs extending radially outwardly therefrom wherein each leg comprises a socket or sleeve at an outer end of said each leg for connecting a castor to the socket or sleeve, the central hub body comprising an outer side wall extending between an upper and lower portions of the hub, the outer wall of the hub body comprising first and second leg attachment portions that are positioned at diametrically opposed locations on the outer wall of the hub body and wherein a first pair of legs is attached at the first leg attachment portion and a second pair of legs is attached at the second leg attachment portion; wherein at each of the first and second leg attachment portions, a first leg from a respective pair of legs is attached at a first attachment location on the hub body and a second leg from said respective pair is attached at a second attachment location on the hub body and wherein in-use height of the first attachmen