Medical privacy

Jon Ribbens jon+ukcrypto at unequivocal.co.uk
Tue, 4 Sep 2001 16:24:17 +0100


George Ross <gdmr@dcs.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
> > I imagine they assume mobile phones all round these days. Payphones are
> > provided as a "service" for those too poor to count.
> 
> But aren't you supposed to switch those off?  Or is that just A&E?  (Not 
> that the signs at Edinburgh's Sick Kids are exactly prominent...)

You're supposed to turn all mobile phones off, all the time, in all
sections of hospitals.