{"id":49997,"date":"2021-08-10T14:20:46","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T18:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=49997"},"modified":"2021-08-10T14:20:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T18:20:54","slug":"lehigh-regional-medical-center-changes-visitation-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2021\/08\/lehigh-regional-medical-center-changes-visitation-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Lehigh Regional Medical Center changes visitation policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lehigh Regional Medical Center must change our policies surrounding visitation within our facility. This revised policy will be in effect until the transmission of COVID-19 is on a downward trend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Lehigh-regional.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37085\" width=\"239\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Lehigh-regional.jpg 410w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Lehigh-regional-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Key Changes: (some exceptions may apply):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*NO Visitors for Emergency Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*NO Visitors for Hospitalized Patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*NO Visitors assisting Lab\/Imaging Patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*Outpatient\/Surgery-1 Visitor may assist with arrival\/registration process. The Visitor will leave the facility during the procedure\/surgery, remain near the premises, and will be contacted by phone post-procedure\/surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience these temporary changes may cause at this time. Our goal is to keep everyone as safe as possible. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Patient Information<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The bedside nurse is the best source of information about the patient. Your family spokesperson can call the unit desk for information on the condition of your loved one. In order to protect the privacy of our patients, no information will be given out over the phone to anyone but immediate family members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lehigh Regional Medical Center must change our policies surrounding visitation within our facility. This revised policy will be in effect until the transmission of COVID-19 is on a downward trend.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":37085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,32],"tags":[570],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49997"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49997"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49998,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49997\/revisions\/49998"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}