Vidant Health Hospitals Prohibit Visitors in Response to COVID-19 | Eastern NC Now

Vidant Health values family and community presence when loved ones and friends are in the hospital.

ENCNow
Press Release:

    Greenville, N.C.     March 20, 2020     Vidant Health values family and community presence when loved ones and friends are in the hospital. At the same time, our organization is responsible for protecting patients from being exposed to infectious viruses.

    Effective 5 p.m. Friday, March 20
    Due to the spread of COVID-19 in eastern North Carolina, Vidant is prohibiting visitors across all hospitals and emergency departments.

    Exceptions:
    To accommodate special circumstances on a case-by-case basis the following areas will allow ONE healthy adult visitor (after an on-site screening*):

  • Maynard Children's Hospital
  • Pediatrics Unit/NICU
  • Maternity and Postpartum Unit (one healthy partner allowed)
  • Clinics located inside a hospital
  • Discharge pick up
  • Emergency departments
    • Patients requiring assistance only
    • Pediatric patients (parent or caregiver only)

    *As a part of our preventative measures during COVID-19, we are validating the temperature of all allowed visitors prior to entry in addition to screening which includes the following questions:
  • Do you have a fever, cough, shortness of breath or any other symptoms of illness?
  • Have you traveled within the last 14 days or been exposed to anyone who is sick?

    To prevent the spread of viruses, health experts recommend:
  • Washing hands frequently
  • Not sharing cups or utensils
  • Covering your mouth when you cough or sneeze
  • Social distancing

    This precaution will help limit the spread of infections while protecting hospital patients, their loved ones and Vidant team members. These limitations are temporary and will be lifted as soon as safely possible.

    This is a rapidly developing situation and Vidant officials continue to closely monitor the spread of COVID-19. For the latest information on COVID-19, to include confirmed cases in North Carolina, please visit ncdhhs.gov/coronavirus, cdc.gov/coronavirus or VidantHealth.com/covid19.


  • Contact: Brian Wudkwych
  •     brian.wudkwych@vidanthealth.com

Go Back


Leave a Guest Comment

Your Name or Alias
Your Email Address ( your email address will not be published )
Enter Your Comment ( text only please )




Violets and a Valley ECU Health, Body & Soul, Health and Fitness One Happy Day


HbAD0

Latest Health and Fitness

North Carolina could provide a scalable blueprint for integrating food into the health care system, following the success of NourishingWake, a program by NourishedRx.
A group seeking COVID-related records from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is urging the North Carolina Supreme Court to take its case.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has received funding for the 2026 Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) from federal partners.
Republican leaders of the North Carolina General Assembly have rejected Gov. Josh Stein’s call for an extra legislative session dealing with Medicaid next week, calling the move unconstitutional and unnecessary.
State health officials are investigating a suspected case of infant botulism in North Carolina linked to a baby formula, which has now been recalled nationwide.
The NC General Assembly has wrapped the scheduled October session, but tensions are still running high between the chambers over a Medicaid rebase stalemate and its increasing sticker shock.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the North Carolina Social Work Coalition on Workforce Development are partnering to create a Public Service Leadership Program (PSLP) that will strengthen the state’s social work workforce.
Trump is expected to tie one medication as a potential cause of autism, and another as a potential treatment.

HbAD1

"Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a foolish man, full of foolish and vapid ideas," former Governor Chris Christie complained.
New state-of-the-art facility features 144 beds and a healing environment for behavioral health patients
Equity has replaced excellence, and Americans are worse off physically and intellectually.
The panel referred to pregnant women as "pregnant persons."

HbAD2

"When vaccine safety issues have come before Gavi, Gavi has treated them not as a patient health problem, but as a public relations problem."
“There's no evidence healthy kids need it today, and most countries have stopped recommending it for children.”
The assessment comes after CIA Director John Ratcliffe was confirmed this week.
The AAMC removed and restricted info on its website after a Do No Harm report exposed its commitment to DEI
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed March Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month.
Two applicants have filed certificate of need applications with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to develop a fixed MRI scanner in response to a need determination in the 2024 State Medical Facilities Plan.
As part of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ ongoing effort to respond to the rise in syphilis and congenital syphilis cases and increase access to treatment, NC Medicaid will now cover an additional treatment for syphilis and congenital syphilis, Extencilline.

HbAD3

 
 
Back to Top