HOSPITAL PHONE BAN 'UNNECESSARY'

Hospital restrictions on mobile phones are based largely on mythical safety risks and should be lifted, experts write in the British Medical Journal. Mobile phones were first banned in hospitals in the early 1990s because of fears that they interfered with medical equipment, and restrictions are still widespread in NHS trusts across the country.

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