Cell phones in hospitals are a godsend.

After going through a long-distance pregnancy with my wife, one surgery and one ER visit that wound up as a hospital stay, I would have gone insane without it.

Between the long distance charges in a hospital room and the fact that we now reside 300 miles away from family, it is a great comfort to be able to call on a cell phone rather than pay the hospital $$$ for a simple phone call.