Hospital visits further extended

August 12, 2021

The Hospital Authority today announced that the special visiting arrangement will be extended to 12 acute and specialist hospitals from August 18.

 

The authority explained that visitors to acute and specialist hospitals are required to have completed a two-dose COVID-19 vaccination for more than 14 days, a requirement different from the special visiting arrangements to hospitals and wards with non-acute settings.

 

Amid the huge volume of service and people movement in acute hospitals, the vaccination requirement aims to minimise the infection risks of patients and staff in the hospitals.

 

With due consideration to the usually shorter length of stay of acute hospital patients, the special visiting arrangement is only applicable to patients admitted for more than one week.

 

Family members are not required to contact the wards for booking as ward staff will call them to schedule the visits in the next few days.

 

One to two visits will be arranged for a family member in a designated time slot each week.

 

Visitors can scan the Hospital Visit QR code found on the authority’s webpage and the mobile app HA Go to fill in the health declaration form within 24 hours before the visit and show the QR code to the ward staff.

 

The authority said it hopes the community can understand that visiting arrangements can only be made with certain restrictions under the current epidemic situation, noting that its hospitals will continue to facilitate compassionate and video visiting as far as practicable.

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