November 4, 2022

Visiting hours return to twice daily at the nation’s hospitals

By Shirvan Williams

The visiting hours at the nation’s hospitals will return to normal from Monday, November 7th, 2022. That means relatives will be able to visit their loved ones twice a day.

The MoH advised however that during these visits, a maximum of two (2) visitors will be allowed at the bedside at any given time.

The visiting hours will be standardized as follows:

Morning visitation: – 11:00am to 12:00 midday

Afternoon visitation: – 4:00 pm to 6:00pm

This will apply daily, inclusive of weekends and public holidays.

An exception will be made at the Port of Spain General Hospital, which will only accommodate a single 11:00 am to 12:00 midday visit at this time. This is due to the ongoing levelling exercise, which has recommenced and continues from 1:00 pm daily at that institution.

According to a statement from the MoH:

“If relatives require variances to this schedule, the nurse/doctor in charge of the patients’ care should be approached with the request. These requests will be accommodated on a case-by-case basis and the discretionary power rests with the attending physician/nurse.

It must be noted that Public Health [2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019 nCoV)] (No 9) Regulations 2022 remains in force. As such the wearing of masks remains mandatory at all health facilities:-

No person shall, without reasonable excuse, be at –

(a) private hospital registered under the Private Hospitals Act,

(b) public hospital; or

(c) private or public medical clinic

without wearing a facemask, face shield or face covering in a manner which covers his mouth, nose and chin.”

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