Parents have reacted angrily after a hospital told them to put away their mobile phones when feeding their newborn babies.
Staff at Yeovil District Hospital placed posters in its neonatal unit that read: “Mummy & Daddy . . . Please look at ME when I am feeding, I am much more interesting than your phone!! Thank you xxxxxx” Printed on the poster was a photo of a mobile phone circled with struck through a red line struck.
Yeovil’s special care baby unit looks after babies who need more than the usual level of care after they are born, including those who are born prematurely.
The poster has provoked anger after Ash Cottrell, a new father, posted a photo of it on to Twitter, saying: “I’m…
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