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Kiosk solves flower ban in U.K. hospital

March 28, 2014

St James's Hospital in Leeds, U.K., has installed a silk flower vending machine to get around the national ban on bouquets in wards, reports the Daily Mail.

Bans have been enforced in 92 percent of U.K. hospitals amid fears that flowers could cause infection and spread bacteria, even though experts insist flowers are beneficial to people's wellbeing.

After patients complained about the lack of flowers at their bedside, St James's Hospital became the first hospital in the U.K. to install a silk flower vending machine, the Daily Mail said. The machine is located in the hospital's corridor.