Hospitals should not show movies on their TV.

When a patient waits for his turn for consultation with the doctors, they usually wait in a room which has a TV which gives live feeds of movies / news / programs that are not screened for their content.

Recently I went to a hospital and was waiting for my turn. I was accompanying someone who had to go through one round of endoscopy ( a relatively painful experience ). The TV was showing something of a emotionally un-savory movie which had the usual dose of violence in it. ( Also death )

My postulation is that these programs ( violent / ones showing negative emotions like pain, loss and grief or visuals involving death/accidents) affect the patients in such a way as to increase their fear of pain of a treatment that is immediately due to them.

Here are a few suggestions :

1) The programs/shows shown on TV should not be live. ( Unless it is sports or music/entertainment channels )

2) For a child-care hospital , they could be cartoons.