FAMILIES | THE CITY | March 28, 2020
The state Department of Health has toughened up its message to hospitals that have been telling pregnant women they can’t bring a partner or other support person into the delivery room because of coronavirus concerns. The new visitation policy’s boldface wording, issued late Friday, appears to leave little open to interpretation.
It “requires hospitals to allow one support person in labor and delivery settings if the patient so desires and two designated support persons in pediatric settings, provided that only one is present at a time.”
…The update reverses visitor bans announced earlier this week by New York-Presbyterian and Mount Sinai Health System in response to the coronavirus crisis. Other hospital systems had been expected to adopt similar procedures. [continued here]
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