Visiting Hours and Information

As of Monday, October 17, 2011 the Visiting Hours for many of the inpatient units at BRHC have changed, please see updated information below!

At Brandon Regional Health Centre, family support is important in your recovery; however, patients need time for rest, nursing care and medical treatments. On occasion, visitors may not be allowed in a particular unit and nursing staff will provide an explanation.

General Centre
Observation Unit, 200 and 300 Surgery, 400 Medicine and 500 Pediatrics

• 2:00 to 8:00pm
• Open visiting hours for immediate family of children on the Pediatric ward (500 West).

Assiniboine Centre

• A2 - 2nd floor Rehabilitation
  • 2:00pm - 8:00pm
     
• A3 - 3rd floor Palliative Care
  • 2:00pm - 8:00 pm
  • Open visiting for immediate family
     
• A3 - 3rd floor Waiting Placement and Supportive/Chronic Care
  • 11:00am - 8:00pm
     
• A4 - Centre for Geriatric Psychiatry
  • 2:00pm - 4:00pm and 7:00pm - 8:00 pm

Centre for Adult Psychiatry

• Weekdays 3:00 to 4:30pm and 7:00 to 9:00 pm
• Weekends 1:00 to 4:30pm and 7:00 to 9:00 pm

Maternity Ward 

• General Visiting Hours: 2:00 -  8:00 pm
• One Support Person may visit anytime
• Grandparents and siblings may visit anytime soon after birth
• No Visiting during REST PERIOD from 12 - 2pm daily or during labour and delivery
• For more information on visiting hours click here.

Intensive Care Unit

• 10-minute visits only, for immediate family and significant others
• No Visitors during Medical Rounds from 9:00am - 11:00am and 8:30pm - 10:00pm  

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

• Open visiting for parents
• Brief, supervised periods for siblings
• Brief periods for immediate family and/or significant others – maximum of 4 

Recovery Room

• One visitor, for short 10-minute periods only 

Quiet Rooms for visiting families

• On the second and third floors in the Assiniboine Centre
• Outside the entrance to ICU on the 4th floor, General Centre (for families of patients in the Intensive Care Unit) 
   

Other Guidelines: 

• Only two people at a time are allowed to visit; the rooms become noisy and crowded if there are too many visitors.
• Visits should be kept short to prevent the patient from becoming too tired. 
• Small children must be supervised by an adult.

The Brandon RHA is a Scent Controlled and Smoke Free Environment!

Strong scents in the air can trigger asthma attacks, allergies and other medical conditions.

• Do not wear scented products (aftershaves, perfumes, lotions) to work or to visit. 
• Choose flower arrangements that have little or no scent.
• Bring only foil type balloons, because of latex allergies.
• Do not smoke in any Brandon RHA buildings or on the grounds. 

Thank you for making our patients stay
more comfortable!

Ways to Prevent the Spread of Infection:

• Do not visit the hospital if you have a cold, "the flu", vomiting or diarrhea or an infectious illness such as chickenpox, scabies, impetigo or lice.
• Do not sit on a patient's bed. 
• Discard all used tissues immediately into a garbage container.

For more information on Infection Prevention and Control, when visiting, click here.