Given the present situation of increasing dissemination of COVID-19 in the community, it is essential to protect the hospitalized patients, which present higher vulnerability. Therefore, in the units of Hospital da Luz network, visits are forbidden for people with respiratory complaints or who have been in areas epidemiologically active for COVID-19 , especially when they have been in direct contact with suspicious cases of the disease. Visits are also prohibited to people under quarantine determined by the health authorities One visit per patient Although visits to patients are generally advised against, the units of Hospital da Luz network authorize presently the permanence of a visitor, and only one, per hospitalized patient, during the visiting schedule defined for each unit. However, and to allow the rotation of visitors, there may be three persons referred by the patient as potential visitors. These three persons will be required to sign a form, confirming the veracity of the statements included. This rule does not apply to visits to patients in palliative or terminal care. Pediatric patients and women in the maternity ward of Hospital da Luz network maintain the right to be accompanied by their parents or other legal representatives. However, other visitors are not allowed. In the North of the country The instructions given by the health authorities take precedence over the general rules now adopted in Hospital da Luz network. So, presently, visits to Hospital da Luz units in the region covered by the Regional Health Administration of the North (ARS Norte) are completely forbidden in all services , with the exception of pediatric hospitalization, where the child may be accompanied by one of the parents.
