Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital in Somerset announced yesterday that it will now expand its visitor policy at the main campus, all facilities, and Lake Cumberland Physician Practices. Under the rules:
- Patients will be allowed two (2) WELL visitors per day, including two companions for ambulatory appointments and two support people for labor & delivery patients. Again, we ask our community to limit visitors two people, per day with a few exceptions:
- Visitors who have symptoms of COVID-19 including signs of respiratory infection or flu, new loss of taste or smell, or who have had close contact with a person who is positive or presumptive positive for COVID-19 should NOT enter Lake Cumberland facilities.
- Visitors are NOT allowed for high-risk, isolation, immunocompromised or respiratory patients who are under observation or test positive for COVID-19.
- For visitation guidelines for the Special Care Unit, please call 606.678.3323
- LCRH will compassionately evaluate exceptions to this policy on a case-by-case basis such as those needed for end-of-life care and patients with dementia or other forms of altered mental status.
- Visiting hours are currently noon until 9 p.m. daily.
- Visitors between the hours of 6 p.m. and 9p.m. should enter through the emergency department.
- All visitors will be required to wear a mask, at all times, while within the facility.
- Please continue to utilize alternative methods of communication, including technology, with patients as much as possible.
