With immediate effect, the Ministry of Health implements measures at the General Hospital to minimize the possibility of transmission of the coronavirus.
All persons entering the Hospital Grounds will be stopped at the security checkpoint located at the front entrance.
Visitors and staff are to wear face masks at all times and social distancing must be adhered to.
Visitors are to ensure they properly sanitize their hands at the wash stations, as they move through the wards and/or departments.
The Ministry of Health says visitors will not be allowed on the compound until fifteen minutes prior to the start of visiting hours.
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Patients will be allowed one visitor per day, and the individual must be a next of kin, as listed on their chart.
Children will not be allowed to visit patients on the wards, neither will they be allowed on the compound, unless they are being admitted, or coming to the Outpatient Department or Accident and Emergency.
Visitors are required to wear face masks at all times and to sanitize as directed at the wash stations.
No more than six visitors will be allowed on a ward at one time.
Items can be dropped off (properly marked and secured) for patients on the respective wards between 7 and 9 in the morning. The security will deliver items to the wards.
Anyone coming to Accident and Emergency must be accompanied by only one person and if there are more people, they will be asked to wait at the entrance to the General Hospital or to return home.
