Collingwood General and Marine Hospital (CGMH) is moving to Phase 2a (from Phase 1) of the hospital’s Designated Visitor Policy effective today.
Phase 2a of the designated visitor policy allows moderate on-site access to essential caregivers. At this time, all essential caregivers must continue to show proof of vaccination and photo identification to enter the hospital.
Please note, CGMH exemptions may be appropriate for each of the patient populations below.
Under 2a essential caregivers will be permitted at one visitor per patient for:
• End of life including MAID and stillbirth
• Childbirth
• Major surgery
• Critical illness/life altering diagnosis
• Emergency department patients (exemption to proof of vaccination will only apply to those Emergency
Department Patients who meet patient population criteria within the policy, and approved by Unit manager)
• Significant developmental, intellectual disability/cognitive impairment/unable to effectively communicate
• Patient requiring caregiver to support hospital workflow
• Long stay patients
Essential caregivers are currently permitted for the following at two visitors daily per patient:
• Patients under the age of 18
Please note if two essential caregivers are allowed and one is vaccinated and the other is not, no exemption will be given to the non-vaccinated individual. The fully vaccinated essential caregiver may proceed to a visit.
“CGMH acknowledges the impact restricting essential visitors can have on loved ones and we are grateful to allow back a moderate approach through our designated visitor policy, which will have a positive impact on not only our patients and their loved ones but the South Georgian Bay community,” says Lauren Tindall, VP Patient Experience.
Essential caregivers will continue to enter through the hospital’s main doors, where they will provide proof of vaccination or exemption, answer a series of screening questions, clean their hands, and be provided with a hospital-grade mask. Essential caregivers must wear the hospital-grade mask at all times while within the hospital.