Texting (unofficially?) OK in UK hospitals; Phone calls by mobile? Prohibited.

Link: Adam’s blog

I caught Adam’s recent blog about his friend who unfortunately had an accident recently. Adam points of that once you’ve established your friend injured, you want to give’em a call:

The first thing that you want to do is to call them. In this case I got a text from them on their mobile saying ‘call me on this number’, odd as the last I heard, you were not allowed to use your personal mobile phone on NHS wards?

Apparently, recounts Adam, the hospital staff told his friend that it’s ok to text. But if you want to call anyone, you have to use the bedside phones provided (at absolutely ridiculous rates) and NOT your mobile phone. Strange, eh? I wonder if there’s a special clause in the telephone supplier contract saying ‘patients must be advised not to use their mobile phone to conduct telephone calls, as we want the cash.’

Or, I wonder if Adam’s friend was using his mobile when he shouldn’t have been! I thought mobiles ‘effected’ equipment.