Please ask the nurse for details. If parents receive personal phone calls, a message will be taken and posted on the Parent Message Board near the Ward Clerk's desk. Please check this board frequently. Patients may be on special diets or be fasting for a test or operation. If possible, have your school books brought in to you.
All denominations have representatives available.
Please speak to your nurse if you require their services. The Observation Unit is for children requiring closer observation and more frequent nursing care. Visiting is restricted, please check with the nurse. There is no rooming-in at the bedside permitted in the Observation Unit. Isolation is needed in some cases to prevent spread of infection.