Due to the increased numbers of positive COVID-19 cases in the area, The Bellevue Hospital (TBH) has made revisions to visitor restrictions effective Thursday, Nov.12.
TBH visitor restrictions will include:
- No visitors will be permitted in the medical/surgical and intensive care units.
- Patients in the Family Birthing Center are permitted one designated visitor per laboring mom for duration of stay.
- No visitors will be permitted to accompany patients to the Emergency Department or outpatient areas.
- Pediatric patients under the age of 18 are allowed only two designated visitors. These should be the same two visitors for the duration of hospital stay.
- Surgery patients will need to be dropped off and picked up for their procedure. No visitors are permitted in the surgery area.
- No one who is sick with flu-like illness, has someone in immediate family with illness, or has been told to quarantine should visit the hospital.
- Children under the age of 18 should not visit any areas of the hospital.
The Bellevue Hospital’s physician group, Great Lakes Physicians, will have similar revisions to visitor restrictions beginning Thursday, Nov. 12 and will include:
- No visitors will be permitted to accompany patients for office visits.
- No visitors under the age of 18 permitted in the office unless they are the patient.
Exceptions to the visitor restrictions both at the hospital and the outpatient settings may be allowed in certain situations such as end of life and patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities. For more information on The Bellevue Hospital's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, visit https://www.bellevuehospital.com/covid-19-update-visitor-restrictions-an....