UP scraps ban, to allow Covid patients use mobiles

Shailvee.Sharda@timesgroup.com

Lucknow:  25.05.2020

After being criticized for banning use of cellphones by patients in Covid hospitals of the state, the state medical education department revoked its order on Sunday.

In its revised order issued on Sunday, the medical education department allowed patients to carry their mobile phones and chargers in the isolation ward. However, they will be not allowed to share their mobiles with fellow patients or health workers.

On Saturday, the department said that cell phones could potentially contribute in spreading the infection and therefore patients cannot be allowed to carry their cell phones in the Covid-19 hospitals. “Patients admitted to level 2 and level 3 covid hospitals in the state will not be allowed to carry their cell phones in the ward as it involves risk of spreading the infection,” the old order stated.