SHEFFIELD–To protect patients, staff and visitors from the potential spread of illness, Helen Keller and Red Bay Hospitals will temporarily limit the number of visitors allowed in patient rooms and suspend student job shadowing programs.
Effective immediately, no more than two visitors at a time will be allowed in patient rooms at Helen Keller and Red Bay Hospital.
If you have a fever, cough, body aches or sore throat, please not visit the hospital or hospitalaffiliated clinics unless you are seeking health care.
In addition, the hospitals ask that children under 16 not visit patients, even when accompanied by adults. Exceptions will be made for extraordinary circumstances.
Finally, each visitor is required to sanitize his or her hands when entering the hospital, and when entering and exiting patient rooms.
For the most up to date coronavirus information and resources, please urge your viewers to call the Alabama Department of Public Health at (334) 206-5347 or visit alabamapublichealth.gov/infectiousdiseases/2019-coronavirus.html.
Media Release/Hunter Nicholson/Marketing Coordinator/Helen Keller Hospital
