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FAYETTEVILLE – March 19, 2020 –  Effective Friday, March 20, 2020:

To protect staff and patients from risk of COVID-19, all Cape Fear Valley Health System locations, including hospitals and outpatient clinics, will be closed completely to visitors until further notice with the following exceptions:

  • Labor & Delivery: Laboring mothers may have one support person/coach for the duration of their stay. If the support person/coach leaves the premises for any reason, he or she will not be allowed back into the building.
  • Pediatric patients: A legal minor may have one parent or guardian with them.
  • Patients who need a healthcare decision maker or require communication assistance may have one assistance person with them.
  • End of life patients will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis to determine the appropriate number of visitors.
  • All exceptions will be determined by the hospital.

Even in the above situations, visitors with symptoms of a fever or respiratory illness symptoms, including cough or shortness of breath, should remain home. Hospitals will use discretion and may screen visitors for signs and symptoms of illness.

Media contact for Cape Fear Valley: Donnie Byers, 910-615-6445 or dbyers@capefearvalley.com

About Cape Fear Valley Health System
Cape Fear Valley Health is a 950-bed health system serving a region of more than 800,000 people in Southeastern North Carolina. The not-for-profit system is the state’s 8th largest health system and made up of 7,000 team members and 850 physicians, eight hospitals, and more than 60 primary care and specialty clinics. Cape Fear Valley Health offers residencies in emergency medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry and general surgery, as well as a transitional year internship in affiliation with the Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine at Campbell University. For more information, visit www.CapeFearValley.com.

 

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https://bladencounty.org/cape-fear-valley-health-clinic-closings-330-p-m-update/

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