Olaide WaheedNetcare Margate Hospital has scheduled its visiting hours to ensure that it strikes a balance between the need for patients to receive top quality healthcare, and the need for them to get love and encouragement from their family and friends. When patients get encouragement, they can make faster recovery, and sooner return to their homes and to their lives.
This hospital is important to the people of KwaZulu-Natal southern coastal region, up to the Eastern Cape. It offers all kinds of medical services such as general surgery, orthopaedics, and child care. The hospital also has a 24 hour emergency and accident care unit which is rated at level 3.
Netcare Margate Hospital has to take steps to prevent overcrowding; the hospital must be kept safe at all times. The visiting hours have been scheduled to do exactly that.
Netcare Margate Hospital Visiting Hours
High Care
Monday
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Tuesday
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Wednesday
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Thursday
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Friday
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Saturday
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Sunday
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Public Holidays
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
Monday
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Tuesday
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Wednesday
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Thursday
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Friday
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Saturday
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Sunday
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Public Holidays
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Maternity Ward
Birth partner only between 08:00 – 20:00. All other visits can take place during normal visiting hours. Strictly no children under the age of 12 except the newborn’s siblings.
Monday
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Tuesday
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Wednesday
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Thursday
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Friday
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Saturday
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Sunday
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Public Holidays
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
NNICU
Additional visits for parents in NICU may be directly arranged at the discretion of the respective nursing staff. Grandparents are permitted a once off visit.
Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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Sunday
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Public Holidays
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Paediatric Ward
Only one parent may stay with child at any given time. The other parent may take over at any time. Both parents may exchange babysitting duties.
Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Public Holidays
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Surgical Ward
Monday
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Tuesday
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Wednesday
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Thursday
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Friday
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Saturday
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Sunday
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Public Holidays
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Surgical Ward 2
Monday
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Tuesday
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Wednesday
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Thursday
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Friday
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Saturday
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Sunday
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
Public Holidays
15:00 – 16:00 and 19:00 – 20:00
How To Go About The Visit
The first thing to do is to make sure you know the correct name of the patient you want to visit. The correct name is the official name. patients generally do not check into hospitals with their nicknames.
Then you need to know the ward where the patient is receiving care. The ward is determined by the reason why the patient is at the hospital.
Then check the lists above to find the ward, and the visiting hours attached to the ward.
If you need to obtain directions electronically, the hospital address is at: 24 Wartski Drive
Central, Margate, 4275, South Africa.
At the correct time, arrive at the hospital, and go to the front desk. Tell them the name of the patient you want to see, and the ward where they are receiving care.
The hospital staff will then give you directions and guidelines.
Guidelines For Visitors
The hospital has provided a few guidelines to help keep the patients and staff safe. Please make sure you keep the following close to heart.
The hospital may require a recent negative covid-19 test before allowing visitors inside the hospital.
Visitors may be required to sanitize their hands, and to wear nose masks before entering the wards.
Visitors are usually restricted to 2 persons per patient at any given time.
Unless otherwise stated, children under the age of 12 are typically not allowed into the wards.
Food and drinks are typically not allowed into the wards.
Visitors are expected to keep to the visiting hours.
Please do not go straight into the wards in search of your loved ones; make sure you stop at the nursing station before going inside.
Phones are to be set to silent or vibrate while in the wards. Please respect the privacy of other patients in the wards/rooms, and do not make noise with your calls, and other activities using your phones.
Related:
- Netcare Rosebank Hospital Visiting Hours
- Netcare Linksfield Hospital Visiting Hours
- Netcare Garden City Hospital Visiting Hours
Summary
These are the visiting hours at the Netcare Margate Hospital, as well as some useful tips to make the visit smooth and hitch free.
Please make sure you arrive at the hospital at the correct visiting hours for the ward where your loved one is receiving care.
Please make sure you stop at the nurses’ station to obtain permission and guidelines before entering into the wards.
Please remember to corporate with the nursing staff; whatever instructions they give you are provided to keep the hospital, and your loved ones safe.