Having baby soon at one of our community birthing units or Middlemore Hospital or want to visit mama and baby?
The following criteria continues in Alert Level 2:
- Two support people for women in labour who have been screened at the entrance.
- One of those support people can continue to visit mother and baby 7am-8pm daily - they are not able to leave and return in the same day.
- One meal can to be brought in from home.
- Baby’s car seat can be brought in to where baby is so they can be transported home in a warm seat.
If there is a need for more support people due to compassionate grounds for the expectant or new mother, then this process will be explained to you at the time. All these measures help us to track any source of an infection if required to keep everyone safe.
Thank you for helping us to continue to protect new mums, babies, whaanau and staff against COVID-19.
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