UPDATED: DCEMBER 31, 2025
Visiting A Patient
RAGEC warmly welcomes families, caregivers, and visitors to our hospital and community care facilities. We are committed to ensuring that every visit is safe, respectful, and comfortable for patients, visitors, and staff.
As public health conditions continue to improve and health authorities revise guidelines, RAGEC has updated its visitor policies accordingly. These guidelines are designed to balance patient wellbeing with the important role families and caregivers play in the healing process.
Please note that visitor guidelines may be adjusted in the future in line with recommendations from the Ministry of Health and hospital safety requirements, to ensure the continued protection of our patients, healthcare teams, and the community.
GUIDELINES
Guidelines At A Glance
We’re happy to welcome families, caregivers, and visitors to RAGEC. Your presence plays an important role in supporting our patients. To help keep everyone safe and comfortable, we kindly ask all visitors to follow our visiting guidelines and staff instructions. These guidelines may change from time to time based on public health advice and hospital safety needs, so please check for updates before your visit.Public Entrances
- Everyone can enter and exit through the public entrances between 5:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m., and 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.
Expanded Visitor Access
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RAGEC has expanded visitor access across its hospital and community care facilities in line with improving public health conditions and updated guidance from health authorities. This expanded access allows families, caregivers, and visitors to better support patients while maintaining a safe and respectful environment.
Visitor access remains subject to hospital policies, visiting hours, and safety requirements. RAGEC reserves the right to adjust or restrict visitor access at any time to ensure the continued protection of patients, healthcare teams, and the community.
COVID-19 Vaccination
- Visitors and ECPs are strongly encouraged to be vaccinated against COVID-19 for protection against infection and serious illness.
- If you haven't received your vaccination or booster shot yet, please do so as soon as you can. See vaccination clinics near you.
- Consistent with Ontario's current vaccination requirements for public spaces and the health system, proof of full COVID-19 vaccination is no longer required to enter Meca sites.
On the Day of Your Visit
- On the day of your visit, please ensure you are feeling well before coming to the hospital.
- Do not visit the hospital if you are experiencing fever, cough, cold, or any other symptoms of illness.
- Visitors who have been advised to isolate, quarantine, or are awaiting medical test results should postpone their visit.
- Respect patient privacy, dignity, and confidentiality at all times.
- Follow all instructions given by healthcare staff and do not interfere with patient care.
- Keep noise levels low and ensure your presence does not disturb other patients.
- Limit personal belongings and remain with the patient only as permitted.
- On the day you wish to visit the hospital, self-screen for COVID-19 symptoms.
- Please do not visit the hospital if you are feeling unwell, even if you have mild symptoms, or are COVID-19 positive, awaiting results of a COVID-19 test, in close contact with a COVID-19 positive person, or in quarantine.
- Please leave the hospital promptly once your visit has concluded.
- Exit through designated routes as directed by hospital staff or signage.
- Continue to follow public health guidance after leaving the facility to protect patients, staff, and the community.
Contact Here For Any Kind Of Inquiry
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Phone: 077 399 5782
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Email: info@ragec.lk
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Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics, Professorial Unit, Teaching Hospital, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.