Samaritan heightens visitor restrictions, requests donations

Samaritan Health Services is restricting visitors to all facilities until further notice in order to promote social distancing and reduce patient exposure to viruses.

Each hospital patient will be limited to one healthy visitor over the age of 12, only if the patient is under the age of 18, in labor, arriving by ambulance to the emergency department, near the end of life, or incapacitated or needing transportation, emotional or physical support.

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