Abstract: There is disclosed patient ceiling-hoist carriage for the transport of a hoisted patient. The patient ceiling hoist carriage includes an electrically-operable motor, a carriage body, a patient ceiling-hoist connector connected to the carriage body and with which a patient-ceiling hoist is engagable, and a bogie. The bogie has a rail-engagement element and a baseplate which is connectable to the carriage body, the rail-engagement element having two axles which are in drivable engagement with the motor, each axle being in engagement with at least one rail-engagement wheel to allow the patient ceiling-hoist carriage to be driven along an associated patient ceiling-hoist carriage rail. The configuration such that, when the patient ceiling-hoist carriage is in a region of transition between two adjacent patient ceiling-hoist carriage rails, the two axles provide traction on both the adjacent patient ceiling-hoist carriage rails.