I am a little confused about the recent posting detailing an alleged
tragedy blamed on the use of a mobile phone.
It seems to me that there needs to be clearer guidelines about what
constitutes real problems from the use of electronic equipment.
This also needs to be qualified in the context of bona fide users of
communications equipment such as the emergency services and internal
security services.
Compared to the two way radio systems such as are used by the police, the
current digital mobile phone is a sophisticated piece of equipment. It is
low powered, and the cellular system controls the transmitter output to the
minimum necessary to maintain effective communication. I have never seen a
sign telling the police to leave there equipment turned off. There radios
are much more high powered, and currently cruder.
The DOH is said to have some guidlines, but I have not located them.(anyone
know where to find them).
Is the fear of mobile phones in hospitals an urban myth, perpetuated so
that patients and visitors are inconvenienced, and the trust is allowed to
charge outrageous rates for "public" call boxes? Is there a factual
foundation, in which case the mobile telephone manufactures should address
the issue of electromagnetic incompatbility.
Martin Goldman
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landline 44-181-4457128
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