Keep children away from excessive use of mobile phones, says Expert

Children should be kept away from mobile phones to avoid risk of myopia in eye. They must instead use a book or desktop to study, ophthalmologist and retinal surgeon Dr Santosh Singh Patel said on Sunday.

Dr Patel works at the Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Memorial Medical College Hospital, the biggest in Chhattisgarh.

He said after Covid-19 pandemic, the children were using smartphones for longer hours. This, he said, was not good for eyes. For entertainment, television is most ideal, he said.

Dr Patel said there had been incidents of explosion and fire caused by smartphones due to excessive heating, excessive gaming or overcharging.