ZAGREB, July 1, 2020 – Health Minister Vili Beros said on Wednesday that an expert group had unanimously decided to make it possible for parents whose children were hospitalised to spend with them 15 minutes a day and that a recommendation to that effect would be sent to all hospitals caring for children.
“A unanimous decision has been made that, despite the epidemic, it is of great importance to enable parents to be with their child who is undergoing hospital treatment, notably regarding the age (children under the age of three) and the duration of treatment (long hospital stay),” Beros wrote on his Facebook wall.
The Health Ministry will send a recommendation to all hospitals caring for children to enable parents to stay with their child when that is possible considering available space, namely regular visits on the condition of compliance with epidemiological measures, the minister said.
The Roda parents’ association earlier in the day said it had gathered more than 35,000 signatures of parents for a petition asking the Health Ministry to cancel the current ban on parents’ visits to and stay with their children undergoing treatment in hospital, a restriction introduced to help contain the spreading of the coronavirus.
