Visiting Hours

HCGH is a family-centered facility and we recognize the important role family and friends play in the healing process. We try to make our visiting hours as flexible and patient-directed as possible.

There are some areas where patient request, clinical needs or unit logistics require visitation restrictions. Please speak to your nurse about any limitations that might exist in your area. General visitation hours are between 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. and we ask that you abide by our quiet hour guidelines between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.

With the patient’s consent, a family member, friend or other individual – who may or may not be the patient’s surrogate decision maker – may be with the patient throughout his or her stay, as long as there is not a medical or safety reason that would prevent this.  The patient may refuse visitors at any time.

For your safety, we strongly recommend that anyone who is ill should NOT visit you.

If a visitor displays unsafe, threatening or aggressive behavior, security measures will be taken to protect our patients and staff.

All visitors must receive a visitor’s pass from the Information Desk in the hospital lobby and must wear the badge while in the hospital.

General Visiting Hours

9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Visiting hours and rules for specific units

Intermediate Care, Special Care, 3 South and 4 South:

Children under the age of 12 are discouraged.

Intensive Care Unit:

Only members of a patient's immediate family may visit.

Maternal-Child Unit:

General visiting hours are between noon and 8 p.m. Fathers may visit at any time but visitors are limited to four people at all times. Rooming-in accommodations are available for fathers/support persons.

The Children's Care Center:

Parents, guardians and grandparents are welcome 24 hours a day. Other visitors should be accompanied by the patient's parent or guardian. Visitors must provide identification to staff before entering the unit.

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit:

All visitors, including grandparents, must be accompanied by the parent. Parents, grandparents, and other visitors may visit at any time except between 6:30-7:30 a.m. and 6:30-7:30 p.m. No children under two years of age are permitted. Only two visitors at a time are permitted at the bedside.

Observation Unit:

Only two visitors at a time are permitted and no children under 12-years-old are permitted.

Psychiatry:

Visiting hours are Monday through Friday 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., and Saturday, Sunday and holidays, 1:00-2:30 p.m. and 7:30-8:30 p.m. Children under the age of 12 are not permitted. Only two visitors per patient are permitted.

Restrictions may apply on various units, so please discuss visiting guidelines with a member of the unit's staff.