Mobile Phone Ban In Hospital May Remain
Mobile Phone Ban In Hospital May Remain (from Echo): "PLANS to allow hospital patients to use their mobile phones in wards could be scuppered by annoying ringtones and concerns about secret filming.
Basildon hospital bosses revealed their worries, but said any delay in lifting the mobile ban had nothing to do with a multi-million pound contract the hospital has with the firm which provides bedside phones.
The hospital has been considering ending the ban since March, when the Department of Health confirmed mobiles did not interfere with sensitive medical equipment as first thought.
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'There are also real issues of personal privacy and dignity around phones that have built-in cameras.'
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