5 Major Health Systems Announce New Restrictions

Starting Monday, new restrictions are taking effect at five major health systems in Oklahoma. People will no longer be allowed to visit adult patients at the following hospitals: INTEGRIS Health (all Oklahoma hospital locations) Mercy Hospital Oklahoma Ci

Monday, March 23rd 2020, 4:25 am



Starting Monday, new restrictions are taking effect at five major health systems in Oklahoma.
 
People will no longer be allowed to visit adult patients at the following hospitals: 
 
  • INTEGRIS Health (all Oklahoma hospital locations) 
  • Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City 
  • Norman Regional Health System 
  • OU Medicine 
  • OU Medical Center 
  • OU Medical Center Edmond 
  • The Children’s Hospital at OU Medicine 
  • The OU College of Pharmacy locations 
  • Clinics in OU Physicians, 
  • Stephenson Cancer Center, 
  • OU College of Dentistry 
  • OU College of Allied Health 
  • SSM St. Anthony Hospital 
  • SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital-Shawnee 
  • SSM Health Bone & Joint Hospital at St. Anthony 
  • SSM Health St. Anthony Healthplex locations
At certain hospitals for children's care and labor and delivery care, one visitor is allowed to accompany a child or one of those patients to an appointment. The person has to be over 18, even if they are a sibling. 
 
Those hospitals include:
 
  • INTEGRIS Children’s Hospital 
  • The Children’s Hospital at OU Medicine 
  • OU Children’s Physicians 
  • Norman Regional’s Women’s and Children’s Pavilion 
  • SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital
 
An announcement that came out Sunday from OU Med also said critical care, hospice and adults patients that need help will be decided on a case-by-case basis. 
 
All the health systems are emphasizing that anyone with flu-like symptoms should not visit the hospital, unless they are trying to get treatment. 
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