Sixty nine thought that their relatives and friends were
allowed to visit them enough. Nineteen said that they
were not visited because either they did not wish for any
visits, or their relatives lived too far away. Five claimed
they were visited too frequently and one not enough.
Eighty thought they were given adequate explanation
and 14 felt they were not. However, 78 of the patients
thought their relatives were given adequate explanation
about their progress and 15 thought they were not. The
nursing staff recorded that 26 patients were never visited,
11 rarely visited, 48 had visitors almost every day and 15
more than once a day. The number of visits received by
each patient" was less than those of patients in a general
ward.