Visiting Hours

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Visiting Guidelines

We welcome visitors because they play an important part in helping patients get better. At the same time, we need to make sure that patients get enough rest. For this reason, we offer the following visiting policies:

Only two visitors per patient are permitted at the same time
Please postpone your visit if you are feeling ill
Smoking is not allowed anywhere in the hospital
Do not leave children alone in a waiting area or room. Hospitals are often scary or upsetting to children. All visitors should be 12 years of age or older
Please follow the nurse's instructions if the patient you are visiting is in "isolation" or "precautions."

Visiting Hours
If you have special needs regarding visitors or visiting hours, please talk to your nurse. We will do our best to help.

General Areas:

11a.m. — 8 p.m.

Emergency Department:

Visitors are welcome at any time except during patient care times between
7:15 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. and 7:15 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.

Maternity General:

11 a.m. — 8 p.m.

Fathers:

8 a.m. — 10 p.m.

Pediatrics:

11 a.m. - 8 p.m. (one parent can stay overnight)

NICU:

Parents are welcome at any time except during physician rounds. Other adult visitors must be accompanied by a parent.

Rehabilitation:

Monday - Friday, 4 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Weekends and holidays, 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Surgery:

On the day of surgery, individuals accompanying patients can wait in the surgical waiting area at station 4-22 off the main lobby, or they can ask about a patient's condition by calling Patient Information at 718-630-8000. Visitation privledges are not restricted, limited or denied based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.