Waitaha Canterbury Hospitals Relax Visitor Restrictions

Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury has relaxed its visitor
policy across all its facilities.

Key changes
include:

• Visiting hours for our facilities have
  returned to pre COVID-19 hours, except for Christchurch
  Women’s Hospital.
• All visitors must wear a medical
  mask.
• Patients may have more than one visitor,
  except in some situations such as multi-bed rooms where it
  can cause overcrowding.
• This excludes the Neonatal
  Intensive Care Unit which is still parent-only visiting and
  Children’s Haematology and Oncology Day stay, where one
  parent/caregiver can attend their appointment with their
  child. Exceptions are by special arrangement
  only.

For the full visiting guidelines, go to https://www.cdhb.health.nz/your-health/hospital-services-in-canterbury/.

Senior
Responsible Officer for Seasonal Pressures Becky Hickmott
says with COVID-19 case numbers reducing, the decision has
been made to relax restrictions for visitors to Waitaha
Canterbury facilities.

“You must still wear a
surgical/medical mask in our facilities and masks will be
provided if you don’t have one. This helps protects us
all, as we care for very unwell and vulnerable members of
our community,” says Becky Hickmott.

“We know
these past two years have been especially tough for patients
and their families and we are pleased to be able to relax
our rules for visitors.

“There are still some
restrictions in place and we do ask that you don’t visit
if you are unwell. Thank you in advance for your patience
and
understanding.”

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