Visitors

We understand the importance of having family and friends in close contact during a patient’s hospital stay. We honor all patients’ privacy and confidentiality.

Exterior hospital sign directing parking

An Important Part of Your Hospital Stay

Whether you’re visiting a loved one or here as a patient, we can help. Before your visit, be sure to read our hospital visitation policy. Our policy outlines the who, when, and where for your visit.

Visitation Policy

Patient with daughter and child visiting bedside.

You May Need To Know

SMOKE-FREE POLICY

We are proud to lead the way to a healthier community with a smoke-free environment.
Smoking is not permitted in buildings, or outside, including parking lots.

DISABILITY SERVICES

24-hour TDD, 225-231-5252, and a TeleCaption television decoder.
Handicapped parking spaces.
A sign language interpreter for the hearing impaired.

PASTORAL CARE

Our pastoral services chaplain is available to talk with people of all faiths and can make regular visits to patients and their families.
Our nondenominational chapel is always open to patients, families and friends as a place for prayer, meditation, reflection or simply a place for a few quiet moments, located on the 1st floor of the hospital near Woman's Way Café.
To contact us, call the hospital operator: Dial 0 within the hospital or 225-927-1300 when calling from outside the hospital, or Social Services at 225-924-8456.

CONTACT A PATIENT

To contact a patient, please call the operator at 225-927-1300. Calls will only be forwarded to the patient's room between 7:00 AM and 10:00 PM.
If the patient is still in Labor and Delivery or Surgery, she can only make outgoing calls from the telephone in her room; the telephone cannot receive incoming calls.

SECURITY