COVID-19: visits by designated support persons temporarily suspended in acute and child psychiatry units at Edmundston Regional Hospital

Edmundston, Thursday, December 16, 2021 – Vitalité Health Network advises the public that the presence of designated support persons is temporarily suspended in the Acute Psychiatry Unit and Child Psychiatry Unit at Edmundston Regional Hospital. This suspension is due to a possible exposure to the COVID-19 virus within these units and will remain in effect until further notice.

Existing restrictions for visitors remain in effect in the facility’s other units where exceptions apply for patients entitled to a have designated support person.

The Network apologizes for any inconvenience that this situation may cause.