Regional Hospital Mullingar

Hospital Group: Ireland East Hospital Group

Visiting Hours

• Visiting times are 2.30pm to 3.30pm and 6.30pm to 8pm. Two visitors per patient are allowed during each visiting period.
• Wash your hands regularly when visiting.
• Stay within the bed space of the patient you are visiting. Do not interact with other visitors or patients.
• Do not visit the hospital if you feel unwell, especially if you have any respiratory or flu like symptoms, or have vomiting and diarrhoea.
• Children under 12 years should only visit in exceptional circumstances. They need permission in advance from the Ward Manager.

Current Visiting Guidelines by Ward/Unit

Covid positive in-patients

• Visiting will only by facilitated via Ward Manager in exceptional circumstances.

Medical and surgical wards

• Visitors need to check in at security when they arrive.
• There may be a requirement to control access to RHM in view of the evolving Public Health situation.

Rehabilitation unit

• Visiting is facilitated by arrangement with the Rehab Ward Manager.

Maternity wards

• Nominated support partner can attend the EPU department when their partner is having their scan.
• Nominated support partner can attend the 12 week scan.
• Nominated support partner can attend the 20 week scan.
• Nominated support partner can be with the mother through labour, birth or caesarean section.
• Nominated support partner may visit Ante-Natal and Post Natal ward daily from 10am to 1pm and from 5pm to 8pm.
• Siblings and Grandparents of the new-born may visit between 6pm to 8pm.
• Rest period for mothers in place from 1pm to 5pm (strictly NO visiting at this time).

Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU)

• Parents can visit their baby in the Special Care Baby Unit. Mother can visit and partner is permitted to visit following arrangement with the Ward Manager.

Paediatric ward

• One parent, guardian or carer is supported to be with their child during the hospital admission. 
• The accompanying person must not have symptoms of Covid-19, must not be a suspected or a confirmed case of Covid-19 and must not be subject to restricted movements for any other Public Health reason.

Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

• Visiting is facilitated by arrangement with the ICU Ward Manager or nurse in charge.

Critical and compassionate grounds

• On critical and compassionate grounds, further visits can be arranged through the relevant Ward Manager.

Smoke-free campus

All our hospitals are smoke-free campuses. Smoking is not allowed throughout the hospital and the hospital grounds. Supports available to give up smoking

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