Penzberg - From Saturday (November 6th) there will be a complete ban on visiting the Penzberg Clinic.
Patients can be visited in exceptional cases.
Only a few days after the visiting rules were tightened, Dr.
Thomas Weiler, managing director of the Starnberg Clinics, in coordination with the local managing directors, now for a
complete ban on visits
at the houses in Penzberg, Starnberg, Seefeld and Herrsching.
Since Saturday (November 6th) visits are only possible in exceptional cases.
"Due to the current development with record levels of reported new infections, we had to take this step," said the holding boss.
On Friday (November 5) there were eight corona-positive patients in the normal ward at the Starnberg Clinic - none in the intensive care unit, which, however, is completely occupied by intensive care patients, as the holding company announced.
According to the holding,
there were no corona patients in the intensive care unit
in Penzberg as of Friday evening
, as these cases are taking in the surrounding hospitals.
information
Detailed information on the situation at the Penzberg Clinic can be found at www.klinikum-penzberg.de.
The situation in the Upper Bavarian clinics, especially in the intensive care unit, is more tense than ever since the beginning of the pandemic, warns Managing Director Weiler.
"We have to relocate patients who are in acute need of intensive care treatment to other regions on a daily basis," said Weiler.
"And we are also expecting a further increase in the number of corona patients here." Despite the ban,
patient
visits are possible in the facilities of the clinic network
in exceptional
cases: for underage patients, accompaniment to childbirth and in the palliative ward - depending on the hospital.
For the
Penzberger Klinikum
The following rules apply: Visitors with a special permit need an up-to-date test.
The 3-G rule still applies to patients (with the exception of emergencies).
FFP2 masks are mandatory in the entire hospital.