Safe hospital experience update from Memorial Health

Savannah, Georgia – Memorial Health is and has always been a safe place to get medical care. Now, as we move forward and re-open services, we are taking unprecedented precautions to ensure the safety of our patients and visitors.

Our safety plan touches every part of the hospital, and it starts before a patient or visitor enters the door. Our enhanced protections include:

• Screening everyone for symptoms before they can enter the hospital
• Performing temperature checks on all patients, visitors, team members and physicians
• Giving everyone a mask before they enter the hospital and requiring them to wear it
• Limiting visitors
• Social distancing is required at all times
• Frequently disinfecting all surfaces in every area

In addition, we follow strict infection prevention guidelines in our emergency rooms and operating rooms; each room is cleaned thoroughly after each patient and procedure. Our teams also have the necessary Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) and supplies needed to keep themselves and you safe.

COVID-19 patients and suspected COVID-19 patients are cared for in a dedicated area by the same staff, and not throughout the hospital.

For the convenience of our patients and visitors, these entrances are now open at Memorial Health:

Emergency Room (ER): 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Monday – Friday
Main Entrance: 7:00 am – 6:00 pm
Day Surgery: 4:00 am – 4:00 pm
Building 100: 5:00 am – 5:00 pm

Saturday & Sunday
Main Entrance: 8:00 am – 6:00 pm

We are also expanding visitation to include:

• Surgery patients may have a dedicated caregiver with them from 10:00 am until 6:00 pm each day.
• Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and Children’s Hospital offers visitation for both parents; parents may rotate visitation so that each can spend time with their baby and child.
• Beginning Wednesday, May 13, we will allow one dedicated adult caregiver for each patient arriving for all types of care, treatment and services. Visiting hours will be 10:00 am – 6:00 pm

We will continue to restrict visitation for patients who are positive for or are awaiting test results for COVID-19.

As an important reminder, please do not visit the hospital if you:

• Have a fever, cough or shortness of breath
• Have had direct contact with someone who has been diagnosed with COVID-19