Baptist Health Corbin updates visitation guidelines

Starting Monday, April 4, visitation at Baptist Health Corbin will start looking a little more pre-pandemic. Updated visitation guidelines extending visiting hours and the number of visitors go into effect then.

“We have seen a significant decrease in the COVID positivity rate in our area. We will continue to take precautions to keep our patients, visitors, and staff safe but will open the hospital up to two visitors per patient during visitor hours,” said President Anthony Powers.

Everyone will be still be asked COVID screening questions upon entry into the hospital and will be asked to wear a mask for their safety and the safety of staff, but two visitors will be permitted in the patient’s room during visiting hours.

The main entrance of the hospital will be open from 8 a.m. to 8p.m.

Visiting hours for the following will be from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., medical/surgical units, pediatric unit, and the inpatient nursing units. The emergency department doors will be open 24/7.

The outpatient surgery and inpatient surgery entrances will be open from 6:30 a.m.  to 6 p.m. The Trillium Center entrance will remain closed at this time.

Visiting hours, which are unique for critical care, Trillium Center, labor & delivery and rehabilitation will be posted outside each unit.

Call (606) 528-1212 for more information.

According to Center for Disease Control (CDC) community level calculations, which are released on Friday mornings, Whitley, Knox, Laurel, Clay, Harrison and Robertson rates were calculated as “medium,” while the remainder of the counties in Kentucky were calculated as “low.”

If an area has fewer than 200 new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people in the past seven days, then the level classified as “low.” If an area has 200 or more new COVID-19 cases in the past seven days, it is considered “medium” or “high,” depending upon the calculations, according to the CDC.

The Whitley County Health Department reported on March 28 that it has one new COVID-19 death reported over the prior week.