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No Visitors At Springfield Hospitals, With Few Exceptions

No Visitors At Springfield Hospitals, With Few Exceptions

No Visitors At Springfield Hospitals, With Few Exceptions

As cases of COVID-19 continue to mount in Missouri and across the Ozarks, local health officials are announcing even more restrictions involving access to hospitals in Springfield.

With a few noted exceptions, visitors won’t be allowed inside Cox Health or Mercy hospitals.

Here’s the full release from the Springfield-Greene County Health Department:

To further protect patients, the community and health care workers, CoxHealth and Mercy Springfield Communities are expanding visitor restrictions beginning Monday, March 23.

No visitors will be allowed in the health systems’ hospitals across southwest Missouri, with some exceptions for laboring mothers, pediatric and NICU patients, end-of-life situations and drivers for urgent procedures.

For specifics at CoxHealth, please visit: https://www.coxhealth.com/newsroom/coxhealth-issues-new-guidelines-visitors-due-covid-19-concerns/

For specific restrictions at Mercy, please visit: https://www.mercy.net/newsroom/2020/03/21/mercy-springfield-communities-expands-visitor-restrictions/

For more information about COVID-19, visit the Health Department website at health.springfieldmo.gov/coronavirus, email coronavirus@springfieldmo.gov, or call 417-874-1211.

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