N17 has restricted visiting hours
This is as a further precaution against the spread of Covid-19, Netcare announced on Wednesday.
Netcare hospitals across the country, including the N17, have suspended visiting hours, except in specific special circumstances.
This is as a further precaution against the spread of Covid-19, Netcare announced on Wednesday.
“In light of the severity of the Covid-19 pandemic, we needed to take extraordinary measures to protect all health-care teams and our patients who cannot be discharged,” says Dr Richard Friedland, Netcare chief executive officer.
The following measures will apply:
• All visiting hours for general wards, ICUs and the high care units will be suspended with immediate effect.
The only exceptions are as follows:
• Nurseries and neonatal intensive care units (NICUs): only one parent at a time is allowed to visit newborns in a nursery or NICU.
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This is on condition that the parent visiting has had no Covid-19 exposure and accepts that very strict infection prevention controls will be put in place to minimise the risks to their baby and other babies being cared for in these facilities.
No grandparents and siblings will be allowed to visit.
• Paediatrics: only one parent at a time is permitted to live in with an admitted child.
This parent is required to have had no Covid-19 exposure and accepts that very strict infection prevention controls will be put in place to minimise the risks to their child and other children being cared for in our paediatric facilities.
No grandparents and siblings will be allowed to visit.
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• Gravely ill patients: an exception can be granted by the hospital general manager, as authorised by the regional director, in these instances.
A minimal number of visitors will be granted this exception and they will be required to wear a mask.
“We thank families and friends of patients for their cooperation with regard to these measures in this unprecedented time and for their contribution to ensuring that we keep our most vulnerable loved ones safe,” says Friedland.
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