Guidelines for visitors to the Gynecology and Obstetrics unit
You can safely attend any scheduled appointments, examinations and procedures even during the COVID-19 epidemic. If you are coming in for an appointment or treatment at HUS within 10 days of being exposed to or infected with COVID-19, contact the unit responsible for your care for more instructions. You will find the contact information in your appointment letter or on the clinic’s website. If necessary, you can also call HUS’s switchboard 09 4711 for contact information. Please also see the site Instructions for patients.
Please do not visit the hospital if you have symptoms of infection (respiratory tract or intestinal symptoms).
Delivery Ward
- If you are coming in to give birth and you suspect you have contracted the coronavirus, you have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, or if you have symptoms of a respiratory tract infection, please call the number 09 471 73488 before you come to the hospital. Also inform us of any suspected or diagnosed cases of coronavirus and other respiratory symptoms in your family or other close contacts. All patients must call us before arriving to the hospital for childbirth during the COVID-19 epidemic.
- Two adults with no symptoms of an infectious disease may accompany a patient
- No other visitors
Maternity Ward 52 (pregnancy monitoring and postpartum), Maternity Ward 61
- Asymptomatic spouses/support persons and siblings of the newborn may visit the Maternity Ward between 10:00 and 20:00. There are no limitations for visit times for spouses/support persons and the newborn’s siblings in Family Rooms.
- Other visits are permitted between 18:00 and 19:00. We ask that most visits only take place at home once the mother and baby have been discharged to protect newborns.
Family Nest Hotel Scandic Meilahti
- A patient can be accompanied by a healthy spouse / support person and the newborn's siblings
- Other visits are permitted between 18:00 and 19:00. We ask that most visits only take place at home once the mother and baby have been discharged to protect newborns.
Postnatal appointment
- You may attend your appointment, if you have no symptoms of a respiratory infection
- Two adults may accompany the baby at the appointment
Gynecological Ward 30
- One healthy support person may accompany a patient
- Close family with no symptoms of an infectious disease may visit the ward daily from 17:00 to 18:00
- Please note that children are not permitted in the reception and examination rooms
Gynecological Outpatient Clinic, Gynecologic Oncology Outpatient Clinic
- You may attend your appointment, if you have no symptoms of a respiratory infection
- One healthy support person may accompany a patient
- Please note that children are not permitted in the reception and examination rooms
Emergency Department
- If you experience symptoms of a respiratory infection and you need gynecological or obstetric emergency care, please call us first, tel. 09 471 72913
- Please note that children are not permitted in the reception and examination rooms
The Sexual Assault Support Center
- If you experience symptoms of a respiratory infection, please call us before you arrive, tel. 040 701 8446
Maternity Outpatient Clinic (Women's Hospital and Jorvi) and other maternity clinic locations (Iso Omena, Kallio, Tikkurila, and Itäkeskus)
- You may attend your appointment if you have no symptoms of a respiratory infection
- One healthy support person / spouse is allowed
- Please note that you cannot bring children into appointment and examination rooms
Fetomaternal Medical Unit
- You may attend your appointment, if you have no symptoms of a respiratory infection
- One healthy support person / spouse is allowed
- Please note that you cannot bring children into appointment and examination rooms
Other units in Helsinki
Reproductive Medicine Unit (Tilkan Viuhka)
- You may attend your appointment, if you have no symptoms of a respiratory infection
- One healthy support person / spouse is allowed
- Please note that you cannot bring children into appointment and examination rooms
Gynecological Outpatient Clinic Ruoholahti
- You may attend your appointment, if you have no symptoms of a respiratory infection
- One healthy support person / spouse is allowed
- Please note that you cannot bring children into appointment and examination rooms
Prenatal Screening Unit, Bulevardi 22
- You may attend your appointment, if you have no symptoms of a respiratory infection
- One healthy support person / spouse is allowed
- Please note that you cannot bring children to an ultrasound examination
Delivery Ward
- If you are coming in to give birth and you suspect you have contracted the coronavirus, you have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, or if you have symptoms of a respiratory tract infection, please call the number 09 471 82111 before you come to the hospital. Also inform us of any suspected or diagnosed cases of coronavirus and other respiratory symptoms in your family or other close contacts. All patients must call us before arriving to the hospital for childbirth during the COVID-19 epidemic.
- Two adults with no symptoms of an infectious disease may accompany a patient
- No other visitors
Postnatal appointment
- You may attend your appointment, if you have no symptoms of a respiratory infection
- Two adults may accompany the baby at the appointment
Maternity Wards N6E, N6C and N6B
- Asymptomatic spouses/support persons and siblings of the newborn may visit the Maternity Ward between 10:00 and 20:00.
- Other visits are permitted between 18:00 and 19:00. We ask that most of the visits only take place at home once the mother and baby have been discharged to protect newborns.
Maternity Outpatient Clinic and Maternity and child health Outpatient Clinic (Jorvi Hospital and Iso Omena)
- You may attend your appointment, if you have no symptoms of a respiratory infection
- One healthy support person / spouse is allowed
- Please note that you cannot bring children into appointment and examination rooms
Delivery Ward
- If you are coming in to give birth and you suspect you have contracted the coronavirus, you have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, or if you have symptoms of a respiratory tract infection, please call the number 050 4275 328 before you come to the hospital. Also inform us of any suspected or diagnosed cases of coronavirus and other respiratory symptoms in your family or other close contacts. All patients must call us before arriving to the hospital for childbirth during the COVID-19 epidemic.
- Two adults with no symptoms of an infectious disease may accompany a patient
- No other visitors
Postnatal appointment
- You may attend your appointment, if you have no symptoms of a respiratory infection
- Two adults may accompany the baby at the appointment
Childbirth ward
- Asymptomatic spouses/support persons and siblings of the newborn may visit the Obstetrics Inpatient Ward between 8:00 and 20:00. There are no limitations for visit times of support persons and the newborn’s siblings in Family Rooms.
- Other visits are permitted between 18:00 and 19:00. We ask that most of the visits only take place at home once the mother and baby have been discharged to protect newborns.
Gynaecological Inpatient Ward
- Close family with no symptoms of an infectious disease can visit the ward daily from 13:00 to 19:00
Gynecological Outpatient Clinic
- You may attend your appointment, if you have no symptoms of a respiratory infection
- One healthy support person is allowed
- Please note that you cannot bring children into appointment and examination rooms
Maternity Outpatient Clinic
- You may attend your appointment, if you have no symptoms of a respiratory infection
- One healthy support person / spouse is allowed
- Please note that you cannot bring children to an ultrasound examination
Delivery Ward
- If you are coming in to give birth and you suspect you have contracted the coronavirus, you have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, or if you have symptoms of a respiratory tract infection, please call the number 040 675 9521 before you come to the hospital. Also inform us of any suspected or diagnosed cases of coronavirus and other respiratory symptoms in your family or other close contacts. All patients must call us before arriving to the hospital for childbirth during the COVID-19 epidemic.
- Two adults with no symptoms of an infectious disease may accompany a patient
- No other visitors
Postnatal appointment
- You may attend your appointment, if you have no symptoms of a respiratory infection
- Two adults may accompany the baby at the appointment
Maternity Ward
- Asymptomatic spouses/support persons and siblings of the newborn may visit the Maternity Ward between 8:00 and 20:00. There are no limitations for visit times for spouses/support persons and the newborn’s siblings in Family Rooms.
- Other visits are permitted between 18:00 and 19:00. We ask that most visits only take place at home once the mother and baby have been discharged to protect newborns.
Gynecology Ward 2N
- One healthy support person is allowed
- Close family with no symptoms of an infectious disease can visit the ward daily from 18:00 to 19:00
- Please note that you cannot bring children into appointment and examination rooms
Gynecological Outpatient Clinic
- You may attend your appointment, if you have no symptoms of a respiratory infection
- One healthy support person is allowed
- Please note that you cannot bring children into appointment and examination rooms
Maternity Outpatient Clinic
- You may attend your appointment, if you have no symptoms of a respiratory infection
- One healthy support person is allowed
- Please note that you cannot bring children into appointment and examination rooms
Gynecological Outpatient Clinic
- You may attend your appointment, if you have no symptoms of a respiratory infection
- One healthy support person is allowed
- Please note that you cannot bring children into appointment and examination rooms
Maternity Clinic
- You may attend your appointment, if you have no symptoms of a respiratory infection
- One healthy support person / spouse is allowed
- Please note that you cannot bring children into appointment and examination rooms
Gynecological Outpatient Clinic
- You may attend your appointment, if you have no symptoms of a respiratory infection
- One healthy support person is allowed
- Please note that you cannot bring children into appointment and examination rooms
Using surgical face masks in maternity hospitals
We provide surgical face masks for all expectant mothers coming in to give birth, and their support persons and doulas. Using protective equipment, observing good hand hygiene, keeping safe distances, and limiting movement are measures we use to prevent the spread of coronavirus in hospitals.
As a rule, we recommend that women giving birth and their support persons remain in their own room during and after labor. Furthermore, we ask that you avoid leaving the hospital during your stay.
Wearing a mask during labor and delivery is not mandatory. However, we recommend wearing a surgical face mask in the following phases, if your condition allows it:
- During labor induction before contractions start
- At the maternity ward after delivery.
You do not need to wear a mask during active labor. There is no need to wear a mask while sleeping either.
If you are coming in to give birth, or have given birth, and have COVID-19 symptoms, we will always place you in a single patient room.
Support persons for women giving birth must wear a surgical face mask throughout their stay in the hospital. If a support person is unable to wear a regular surgical face mask due to an allergy or asthma, we aim resolve the situation individually. We can offer, for example, visors or surgical masks suitable for people with allergies.
A doula present in the delivery room must wear a surgical face mask throughout their stay in the hospital.