New visitor rules at PMH facilities
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This article was published 03/01/2022 (1544 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
In response to surging COVID-19 cases across the province, Prairie Mountain Health officials announced they are temporarily suspending group social visits at their hospitals and personal care homes.
Now, according to a Friday afternoon notice from PMH, only one essential care partner or designated family caregiver per patient/resident will be allowed to enter these facilities provided they all pass the necessary screening requirements.
After proving they are fully immunized against COVID-19, a member of these designated groups will be able to visit the following PMH hospital areas while wearing a medical mask and eye protection: maternity ward, neonatal intensive care unit, pediatric ward and emergency department.
However, Friday’s notice also specified that these new restrictions can be lifted on a case-by-case basis for compassionate reasons, such as an end-of-life scenario.
Meanwhile, PMH personal care homes are also not allowing general visitation at this time, including inside the recently built visitation pods.
Instead, only one designated family caregiver can visit at a time, although exceptions can, again, be made on a case-by-case basis.
Friday’s news release specified this move is being made in response to emergence of the omicron variant, which is highly infectious and necessitates “some temporary additional precautions to ensure the protection of our residents, patients and staff.”
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