MVHS restricting visitors amid spike in virus cases

Mohawk Valley Health System has restricted visitation at its facilities due to the surge in coronavirus cases across the area.

Restricting visitors to its hospitals.

There are no concerns about exceeding hospital capacity at this time.

But in order to care for the patients who are there.... no one is allowed to visit....unless there is a special circumstance.

Dr. kent hall, the chief physician executive, made that announcement today.

Dr. kent hall chief physician executive 15:08:48 one of the reasons we found that this is necessary is because, in the spring and early summer, we could to a greater extent - identify where patients were coming from that were having covid 19, they tended to come from residential facilities.

Now, as you look through our community - what you find is they're not coming from residential facilities - they are really coming from home, private residences 15:09:21 the new policy begins saturday.

Special circumstances include patients in icu, end of life patients, pediatric patients, labor and delivery and patients with developmental disabilities.

Rome memorial hospital has suspended routine