Baden-Württemberg: Increasing corona numbers: Fewer visitors for patients

Mannheim (dpa / lsw) - Due to the increasing number of corona infections, patients in Mannheim hospitals can have fewer visitors.

Baden-Württemberg: Increasing corona numbers: Fewer visitors for patients

Mannheim (dpa / lsw) - Due to the increasing number of corona infections, patients in Mannheim hospitals can have fewer visitors. As of this Friday, sick people in the University Hospital, in the Diako Mannheim and in the Theresien Hospital are only allowed to receive one visitor per day. And he can only stay for a maximum of one hour, as the University Hospital Mannheim announced on Thursday. Previously, under certain conditions, as many and as long visits as desired were possible.

The visitor must wear an FFP2 mask during their stay in the hospital rooms. The Baden-Württemberg Hospital Society had no knowledge of comparable measures in clinics elsewhere.

Exceptions to this rule are the dying and seriously ill, as well as children. The accompaniment to the emergency room, during births and for outpatients with physical or mental disabilities is still possible, as the clinic with 1350 beds further announced.