# Recall using your cellphone when you were at the hospital, as a patient or visiting, how is the.....

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**Created:** [May 8, 2016, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recall-using-your-cellphone-when-you-were-at-the-hospital-as-a-patient-or-visiting-how-is-the/754256 "2016-05-08T01:11:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recall-using-your-cellphone-when-you-were-at-the-hospital-as-a-patient-or-visiting-how-is-the/754256/21 "2016-05-10T03:14:55Z")

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> [@spamforbrains](#):
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> Last time I was in a hospital they had a cell phone recharge station with an assortment of connections for the convenience of patients who were transported in with their phone but without their charger.

Same here, and I had no problem with my phone at all.  
Years ago though, when I went in for a sleep study, I was told my cell phone wouldn’t work. That was because we were going to be in the basement of the hospital. For all I know that’s not the case anymore.

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**Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recall-using-your-cellphone-when-you-were-at-the-hospital-as-a-patient-or-visiting-how-is-the/754256/22 "2016-05-10T05:16:10Z")

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Having worked in a hospital, the signage is more a courtesy thing. There wasn’t anything in our facility that required them to be off, not even telemetry. That said, the imaging department regularly had awful cell coverage. I’m not sure if it was the radiation or the sheilding in the area.

My current gig is a clinic. Our public wifi sucks donkey balls.

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**Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recall-using-your-cellphone-when-you-were-at-the-hospital-as-a-patient-or-visiting-how-is-the/754256/23 "2016-05-10T11:52:48Z")

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> [@spamforbrains](#):
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> Last time I was in a hospital they had a cell phone recharge station with an assortment of connections for the convenience of patients who were transported in with their phone but without their charger.

After my last time in a hospital I filled out a satisfaction survey and mentioned how helpful it would have been for there to be chargers available to borrow. They contacted me to thank me for the suggestion, which they implemented.

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