Surely this cannot be real....

[RC45]

This is the inmates running the asylum.. ;) :P hehe

Cooing at new-born babies banned
A West Yorkshire hospital has banned visitors from cooing at new-born babies over fears their human rights are being breached


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/4284522.stm

[racer_f50]

why do they actually let visitors in the same room as the babies there (with regards to the infection worries in that article)?
i was under the impression that hospitals have all the new-borns in one room, and visitors can only peer through a window at them. maybe it's different in the UK?

pretty funny that they banned this, though, maybe the babies are becoming self-conscious already...

[moszi]

I have 2 words for this:


THE TWATS

[pharzo]

Boehoe, infections are bs and an excuse for the real problem, baby mixups & kidnapping.

A baby is naturally protected for about 6 months because of the anti-genes it got from the mother.


But I somewhat agree that only close family should be allowed. The rest should wait a few days until the mother is at home again.

yeah baby mixups...that happens a lot :roll:

and while it is true that a baby is immunized for about 6 months IF the mother got all her shots, and is breatfeeding, as that is the actual reason. Immune systems aren't fully developed anyway, so why take needless chances?

edit: and just so you know infection is one of the leading causes of infant mortality