Victorian Health Minister JennyMikakos has admitted restrictions surrounding hospital visits are “very challenging” after reports emerged of a mother being denied seeing her child who is on life support in a Melbourne hospital.
Victorian Health Minister Jenny Mikakos has admitted restrictions surrounding hospital visits are “very challenging” after reports emerged of a mother being denied seeing her child who is on life support in a Melbourne hospital. “My thoughts are with that family. I can't imagine the heartbreak that they're going through at the moment and if there's anything that I can do to assist that family, I'm very happy to look into this case," she told the media.
The Health Minister affirmed the strict rules around visitations were formulated following the chief health officer’s directions earlier in the year amid fears of virus outbreaks among health workers. “They have been developed in close consultation with health services and with peak bodies... who had a lot of concerns earlier in the year about the risks to staff, to health care workers, of large numbers of visitors coming through our hospitals,” she said.
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