Due to the continued increase in COVID cases and the highly contagious Delta variant spread within our community, Columbus Regional Health is further amending visitor options for our hospital patients. Effective Wednesday Aug. 25, each non-COVID-positive or non-suspected-positive patient may have one visitor at a time. To prevent crowding in waiting and common areas in the hospital, additional visitors to these patient rooms should please wait outside the hospital, such as in their vehicle or at home, until visitation is available.

CRH continues to restrict visiting hours for non-critical-care COVID-positive and suspected-positive patients to 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. in order for staff on those units to be able to assist visitors with personal protective equipment.  

Visitation for COVID-positive patients in the ICU remains restricted at this time.  Emergency Department patients may each have one visitor at a time per day. Please no visitor switching in the ED and limit travel going to and from the patient’s room. Exceptions to visitor options may be made for end-of-life circumstances or other situations where deemed appropriate by care staff. All other visitation guidelines remain the same.

We appreciate your patience as we continue to evaluate patient volumes and staffing to ensure we maintain the safest environment for our patients and staff.