Mobile phones should not be used in storms

Lightning strikes the danger of threatening those who use mobile phones to go outdoors in stormy weather, British doctors warn.

Dr. Swinda Esprit and two other senior doctors in London reported on the case of a 15-year-old girl struck by lightning while using a handheld device in a large city park, in a thunderstorm condition.

She had a heart attack for a moment but recovered soon after. The victim did not remember anything about this accident, although many others had witnessed the attack of the dragons.

Even so, a year later, the patient had to go to a wheelchair, due to cognitive problems, body and emotions as well as always hearing drums hitting the left ear, the side she used the phone. move.

Doctors, working at Northwick Park Hospital in north-west London, said they had found three reports of deaths from lightning while using a mobile phone outdoors. Three accidents occurred in China in 2005, South Korea in 2004 and Malaysia in 1999.

However, no similar cases have been recorded in medical records.

" This rare phenomenon is a public health issue, and its high-risk education is essential ," Esprit said.

Because lightning always selects the easiest route to the ground, someone is standing and using a mobile phone (maybe they get wet at the time) seems to have created a path with the least resistance.

So far, or countries that do not have, or have standards, that are not clear about this issue. Australia's lightning protection standards recommend that people who go outdoors during a thunderstorm should not use cordless phones, cell phones, or even carry them.

Meanwhile, the US National Weather Service announced on its website that both options are safe because "there is no direct line between you and lightning".

T. An