FAYETTEVILLE – May 8, 2020 – Effective Friday, May 8, 2020 at 5 p.m.:
Cape Fear Valley’s Emergency Departments at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Hoke Hospital and Bladen County Hospital will now allow one Care Companion to accompany patients once the patient is placed in a private treatment room.
The patient should bring a Care Companion that is knowledgeable and privy to all the patient’s personal health information. He or she must also be willing and able to stay with the patient during the entire Emergency Department visit.
In order to ensure social distancing measures are followed, only patients will be allowed in the waiting room. The Care Companion will be asked to wait in their car until the patient is placed in a room. If the patient is admitted to an inpatient unit, the Care Companion may not accompany him/her.
To protect staff and patients from risk of COVID-19, patients and Care Companions will be required to wear a mask throughout their stay in the Emergency Department.
Visitor restrictions remain in place at all Cape Fear Valley Health System locations, including hospitals and outpatient clinics, with the following exceptions:
• Labor & Delivery: Laboring mothers may have one support person/coach for the duration of their stay. If the support person/coach leaves the premises for any reason, he or she will not be allowed back into the building.
• Pediatric patients: A legal minor may have one parent or guardian with them.
• Patients who need a healthcare decision maker or require communication assistance may have one assistance person with them.
• End of life patients will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis to determine the appropriate number of visitors.
• All exceptions will be determined by the hospital.
Media contact for Cape Fear Valley: Donnie Byers, 910-615-6445 or dbyers@capefearvalley.com