Visiting hours change at public hospitals
ROSSMORE – This is an effort to permit relatives and friends of patients to spend more time with their loved ones.
The Gauteng Department of Health has made changes to visiting hours at public hospitals.
Visiting hours at hospitals such as Helen Joseph, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic and Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital have been amended to allow one visitor per patient for 15 minutes per day.
In a statement, the department said the amendment will permit relatives and friends of patients to spend time with their loved ones whilst adhering to Covid-19 safety measures such as social distancing, minimising overcrowding, and hospital congestions.
The department said this will also ensure promotion and adherence to occupational health and safety measures whilst promoting optimum infection prevention and control measures at all Gauteng public healthcare centres.
The statement concluded that relatives of patients should get contact details of the ward where their family members are admitted so they can call whenever possible without having to visit the hospital. All visitors will be screened for temperature and Covid-19 symptoms.
