Wesley is relaxing its visitation rules as COVID rates in Sedgwick County continue to drop.
Masks and temperature checks will still be required for everyone using public entrances. Patients will now be allowed to have two visitors at once. This includes emergency departments in both hospitals and the ERs in Derby and West Wichita. Visiting hours at Wesley Medical Center and Wesley Woodlawn Hospital & ER run 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. daily. No visitors will be allowed from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. except for one parent or guardian for pediatric patients, or one support person for women in labor.
No visitors under 12 will be allowed, and there will still be no visitors allowed for patients in medical isolation or in COVID units.
“Throughout the pandemic, we have been sensitive to how difficult it has been for families who have loved ones hospitalized in our facilities,” Wesley CEO Bill Voloch said. “The recent drop in COVID-19 testing positivity rates, coupled with an ongoing drop in related hospitalizations, have created an environment in which we are able to grant families greater access while still maintaining an extremely safe environment for care.”
These new visitation rules will be in place starting at noon on Tuesday, March 2.
At Wesley Medical Center, visitors will still enter through the main hospital entrance and from the visitor parking garage. At Wesley Woodlawn Hospital & ER, the main entrance is open from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. Visitors may enter and exit through the emergency department between 3-8 p.m.
