HILLSDALE, MI (WTVB) – Another area hospital has relaxed visitor guidelines due to the recent drop in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.
Hillsdale Hospital announced on Friday that due to a sustained decrease in COVID-19 hospitalizations, cases, community transmission and test positivity, they are returning to full visitation according to its pre-pandemic visitor policy, with exceptions of the Bediako Birthing Center, Hillsdale Health & Wellness and McGuire & MacRitchie skilled nursing units.
Marketing and development director Rachel Lott said, “We are grateful that our community seeing much less COVID-19 going around. Even more encouraging is the fact that there are far fewer hospitalizations than we have seen in months, so it’s time to open our facilities back up to visitors. It is important for patients to have the support and companionship of their loved ones in a healthcare setting, so we are excited to see that again.”
The hospital’s pre-COVID-19 visitation policy allowed up to two visitors per patient (except for those in isolation) during visiting hours for most areas of the main hospital campus.
This policy is once again in place, effectively immediately. There are no limits to how often visitors can swap out with others or how many different individuals can swap out in a 24-hour period.
Patients in isolation are not permitted visitors regardless of condition, until they meet the clinical criteria to be removed from isolation.
Due to seasonal increases in respiratory illness like flu and RSV, Hillsdale Hospital limits visitation to the Bediako Birthing Center almost every year for a period of time. That remains in place at this time despite the COVID-19 case decreases.
Effective immediately, laboring mothers are permitted two adult support persons for the duration of their stay. Up to two healthy grandparents may also visit during the hours of 8 am to 8 pm.
Patients at Hillsdale Health & Wellness will continue to be permitted only one visitor due to limited space in the waiting room.
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