It's a Mitzva to visit sick people, irrelevant of the social standing of the visitor or the patient.
Close friends and family may visit immediately, but others should wait until the 4th day, so as not to aggravate the patient's Mazal and give them the "sick" title.
However, if a person becomes very ill very suddenly then all may visit immediately.
One may visit numerous times a day - as long as it doesn't bother the patient.
Source: Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 193:1
- Danny
Sunday, 23 Adar-I 5774
Monday, February 24, 2014
Halocho #1292 - Visiting the sick
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