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On Fri, 24 Oct 1997, Joanne Kocourek wrote:
> Just a word of caution.....
>
> The relationship between cellular phone use, in close proximity to
> ventilators and monitors, and malfunction of those devices has been clearly
> established. ALL of the hospitals in our area forbid their use near any of
> their critical care units. Childrne's Memorial actually did a research
> study confirming the relationship between vent/equipment
> malfunction/reprogramming and cellular phones.
>
> And, speaking from personal experiance, our neighbors cell phone and a
> nurse's cellular phone have been identified as the most likely culprits in
> the "deprogramming" of Kristen's ventilator and CR Monitor.
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> Joanne Kocourek
> The University of Chicago
> jskocour(AT)midway.uchicago.edu
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