
Special Rules and information for UHS Wilson Medical Center and UHS Binghamton General Hospital
Inpatient Areas
Inpatient Visiting Hours are 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., 7 days a week
- One visitor will be allowed visitation per patient.
- Visitors under the age of 18 will not be permitted, except in end of life situations.
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU)
- Visitors will not be permitted to visit during Medical Staff Rounds.
Inpatient Pediatrics
- Two visitors will be permitted to remain bedside
Behavioral Health
- Visitation hours are from noon – 1 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Inpatient Substance Abuse
- Visitation hours are on Sundays, from 1p.m. – 4 p.m.
Primary & Specialty Care and Ancillary Services such as Laboratory, Radiology, Vascular, & Cardiopulmonary
- Patients are encouraged to limit the number of visitors to one.
Outpatient & Inpatient Surgical Procedures
- Patients are encouraged to limit the number of visitors to one.
Emergency Department
- One visitor will be permitted bedside with the patient.
Perinatal Center
- One support person will be permitted to accompany the patient.
Labor & Delivery
- Two support persons may be designated by the patient.
- The support persons can be the patient’s spouse, partner, sibling, doula, or another person of their choosing.
- The support persons may remain with the patient in all areas, at all times.
- The support persons will be the only individuals allowed to be present during the patient’s care and will accompany them through labor, delivery and the immediate postpartum period, including recovery.
- Support persons will be encouraged to remain with the patient and not leave the facility.
Maternity
- Once a mother has been admitted to the Maternity unit, only one support person will be permitted to remain with the patient.
- A second visitor may be permitted during normal visiting hours (noon to 8:30pm).
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
- Mom is permitted to visit and will be banded. Mom may designate either the father or significant other, which will be banded as well.
- Visitors may not visit together, at the same time. They must visit one at a time.
- Visitors will not be permitted to visit during Medical Staff Rounds.
Discharge of Patients
- Individuals may pick-up discharged patients at the designated Main Entrance.