Middletown, NY – Beginning Friday, March 27, 2020, at 8:00 a.m., the Greater Hudson Valley Health System (GHVHS), comprised of Orange Regional Medical Center, Catskill Regional Medical Center, Orange Regional Medical Group, Catskill Regional Medical Group, and Orange Regional Medical Center Foundation and Catskill Regional Medical Center Foundation, will enact new patient visitation restrictions to further protect patients and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pediatric patients and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU): are allowed (1) screened parent/guardian.*
*Any visitor meeting this exception must be screened for symptoms (cough, shortness of breath or fever) or potential exposure to someone with COVID-19. The duration and number of visits should be minimized.
Birthing Center/OB: we will be prohibiting all visitors in maternity and post-partum at our hospitals, including partners or spouses of patients in labor, to prevent avoidable exposure to mothers and babies.
Outpatient: For all those seeking services in outpatient areas, patients are to be dropped off outside the facility unless they require assistance to enter. Any persons necessary to assist a patient will need to be screened upon entry.
*Any visitor meeting this exception must be screened for symptoms (cough, shortness of breath or fever) or potential exposure to someone with COVID-19.
Procedural and Surgical Services, including Interventional Radiology, Cath Lab, Same Day Surgery, Operating Room and Endoscopy:
•Visitors will not be permitted; unless hospital leadership deems necessary.*
•We will be contacting the primary point of contact after the procedure is completed and we have an expected discharge time.
•The visitor will remain outside rather than assisting us in escorting the patient out of the building.
•Visitor can drive up to pick up the patient at the front door.
*Any visitor meeting this exception must be screened for symptoms (cough, shortness of breath or fever) or potential exposure to someone with COVID-19.
Emergency Department:
•Visitors will not be permitted; unless leadership deems necessary.*
•We will be contacting the primary point of contact after the procedure is completed and we have an expected discharge time.
•The visitor will remain outside rather than assisting us in escorting the patient out of the building.
*Any visitor meeting this exception must be screened for symptoms (cough, shortness of breath or fever) or potential exposure to someone with COVID-19.
Behavioral Health Units – visitors will not be permitted.
PUI (Patients Under Investigation) or COVID-19 positive – visitors will not be permitted.
*Note: Visitation rulings are subject to change based on the current COVID-19 pandemic.
About Greater Hudson Valley Health System
The Greater Hudson Valley Health System (GHVHS) is a New York State, not-for-profit corporation headquartered in Middletown, New York, approximately 60 miles northwest of New York City. It is currently the active parent company for two member hospitals, medical groups and a Foundation – Catskill Regional Medical Center, Orange Regional Medical Center, Catskill Regional Medical Group, Orange Regional Medical Group, the Orange Regional Medical Center Foundation and the Catskill Regional Medical Center Foundation. The GHVHS is dedicated to developing specialty services, medical programs and needed healthcare services that allow residents to remain close to home to receive quality care. Providing healthcare to nearly 450,000 residents in Orange, Sullivan and Ulster Counties, the GHVHS was designed to improve the quality, stability and efficiency of healthcare services in the mid-Hudson and Catskill region. GHVHS provides services by more than 4,000 employed professionals and over 850 medical staff members and is recognized by Ethisphere as one of the 2019 and 2018 World’s Most Ethical Companies. An academic affiliate of the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, GHVHS retains compassionate professionals who continually strive toward the hospital’s mission to improve the health of our community by providing exceptional health care. To learn more about GHVHS, visit www.ormc.org/about-us/ghvhs.
