Visiting Hours

St. Vincent’s Medical Center welcomes and encourages family and friends to visit patients.

If the patient permits, we believe that spending time with loved ones is an important part of the healing process.

For the safety of our patients, their caregivers and visitors, we ask you to limit visits to the hours specified below. Times and rules vary depending on the unit you are visiting.

Friends and relatives may call the hospital's patient information line at 203.576.5432 anytime between 6:00 AM – 9:00 PM to find out a patient's room and telephone number.

Hartford HealthCare does not deny, restrict, or otherwise limit visitation privileges on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability.


Visitation Guidelines

Visitors are asked not to enter the hospital if they are feeling ill or have been diagnosed with COVID 19 within the last 10 days. This includes asymptomatic COVID-positive patients.
  • Inpatient
    6 am – 8 pm
    Two visitors allowed at a time during visiting hours (Includes PUI/Covid+ patients)
  • Emergency Department
    24 hours a day
    One designated visitor can remain with the patient throughout their ED visit (Includes PUI/Covid+ patients)
  • Intensive Care Unit
    6 am – 8 pm
    Two visitors allowed at a time during visiting hours (Includes PUI/Covid+ patients)
  • Scheduled Surgery Requiring a Stay
    6 am – 8 pm
    Two visitors allowed at a time during visiting hours.
  • Labor & Delivery
    Labor partner plus one adult visitor allowed
    See more information about Labor & Delivery/Maternity
  • NICU
    Parents may visit their infant 24 hours a day.
  • CMO/End of Life
    Visitation permitted regardless of COVID status
  • Outpatient/Surgical Services
    Escorts allowed as usual, can wait in socially distanced waiting rooms
  • 9 East/BHU
    - 9 East is one visitor per patient, per day, by appointment, no walk-ins.
    - Westport is one visitor per week on the adult unit and two visitors per week on the child/adolescent unit.

*Adult visitor is at least 16 years old.

(Patients with disabilities or minors may have a designated support person/parent present with them to support their needs 24 hours a day.)

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