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Doctor attacks ‘demeaning’ hospital rules

Rules banning hospital doctors and visitors from sitting on patients’ beds or bringing flowers are branded as dehumanising by a medic today.

Scottish Government guidelines warn doctors, friends and relatives against sitting on beds in a bid to prevent the spread of potentially deadly infections such as MRSA and Clostridium difficile (C diff).