Wayne Barber, 69, has stage one pancreatic and liver cancer and is in palliative care in the Mercy hospital.

His condition has been declining and he suffered a fall on Sunday night.

His son, Shannon, lives just 10 kilometres away in Wodonga and was barred from entering on Saturday due to coronavirus restrictions, even though he is fully vaccinated.

Other family members who live in Albury were able to visit.

Shannon was initially told he had to wait until his dad was at stage three and four before he could take his children in to say their final goodbyes.

He was told the ban applied as he was from Victoria.

But following enquiries from The Border Mail on Monday afternoon, Mr Barber was told the decision would be overturned.

"It's more relief than anything," he said

"A small part of me was hoping that common sense would prevail.

"There's got to be a moving target, shifting the goalposts as Covid shifts."

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Mr Barber was concerned others could be in a similar situation.

"I guess some people might roll over and accept it and not say anything about it," he said.

"I'm not one to do that, especially when it's my father and time is ticking."

Saturday's decision to prevent Mr Barber and his young children entering the hospital had left him feeling "pretty dejected".

The family has been told the 69-year-old could pass away within two weeks and there are concerns about his declining condition.

"It clearly states on the Victorian website we're able to leave our homes for compassionate reasons," Mr Barber said.

"I can't really think of a more compassionate reason than to see someone who's dying."

Mr Barber, who lost his mother to cancer last October, hadn't wanted his children to see their grandfather when his condition had severely declined.

"It's never going to be a good outcome, but this is the best of a bad situation," Mr Barber said of the decision by the hospital to overturn the ban.

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