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February 19th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
By
David Baker
Last updated at 11:35 AM on 19th February 2012
Huge fees to watch television from hospital beds will see patients spending ten times the amount as prisoners a day to catch their favourite shows.
Hospedia, a private firm which provides TV and phones to more than half of the country’s NHS hospitals, are rolling out the new charges which will cost patients up to £10 a day.
This compares to the £1 a day charged to prisoners to watch television from their cells.
Fees: Watching television in hospital will now cost patients as much as £10 a day
According to the Sunday Mirror furious patient groups have labelled the price as unacceptable and say it will leave sick people cash strapped and stressed.
Speaking to the Mirror Katherine Murphy of the Patients
Association said ‘This is a problem experienced by many patients going
into hospital and it is unacceptable that it should cost so much just to
watch TV.
‘The companies
that provide this service and the hospitals where they operate should
provide clear information about the cost of the service to patients and
the cheapest deals available in advance of paying any money.
‘Patients
should not have the stress of a big bill on top of their bad health.’
The £10 a day fee, which gives patients access to terrestrial, satellite channels and films, is a massive rise on the 24 hour charge of £2.70 four years ago, and a recent poll by consumer watchdog Which? condemned the bedside entertainment systems as ‘expensive and confusing’.
Charges: Prisoners pay a tenth of what hospital patients pay to watch television each day
Two thirds of members surveyed felt that paid-for television and telephone systems make a stay in hospital more comfortable but 61 per cent thought they were very poor value for money.
At most it claims that watching television can cost £2.50 for just two hours but that some long term packages offer 30 day usage for £45.
Three quarters of those surveyed said they avoided using the hospital systems due to the cost.
Which? member Phil Griffin was stunned when he read his phone bill after calling his mother in hospital and states on the watchdog’s website ‘It was good to be able to dial my mother’s bed directly, but when we got the bill a month later we were in for a shock.
‘It was very expensive even though we only spoke to her for a minute or two each time.’
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