St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital Patients & Guests Visiting Hours
Patients St Anthony's Nurse holding Patients Hand

Visiting Hours

CURRENT VISITOR GUIDELINES:

Visitor restrictions are subject to change at any time to address the health needs of our communities in central and southern Illinois. Visitors will be required to wear a mask at all times while in the hospitals and should expect to be screened.

No visitors allowed in our inpatient units, except for:

  • Women and infants center: One support person and one doula as a part of their care team.
  • ​Pediatrics (inpatient and outpatient): Under the age of 18 may have two parents/guardians present.
  • All patients nearing end-of-life: Special arrangements will be made on a case-by-case basis.
  • Emergency department adult patients: One approved support person with the patient for their duration in the emergency department. If the adult patient becomes admitted, inpatient restrictions would apply and no visitors will be allowed. COVID-19 positives or persons under investigation (PUI) would not have visitors unless special circumstances are necessary.
  • Emergency department pediatric patients: Two parents or guardians present for their duration in the emergency department.
  • Outpatient appointments and/or procedures, including pediatric patients: One approved adult support person may be with the patient for the duration of their procedure or clinical visit. If the patient becomes admitted, inpatient restrictions would apply and no visitors will be allowed.

Approved visitors must be over the age of 18 and will continue to be screened upon entering the facility for COVID-19 symptoms and exposure.​

​Please call 217-342-2121 to talk to your loved ones.

We ask that you follow these simple courtesies at any visit:

 

  • Children who are visiting should be accompanied by an adult.

  • Practice hand hygiene by using hand sanitizers or washing hands with soap and water as you enter and leave the patient’s room. Please follow any isolation precautions.

  • Family members or friends who have a cold, cough, fever, or rash should not visit until they feel better.

  • Check with the nurse before bringing food and beverages to a patient in case he/she is on a special diet.

Waiting Areas

 

Visitors are welcome to wait in the Maple Street Lobby or the Healing Garden .

A waiting room for Intensive Care families is located on the second floor between the Intensive Care Unit and the elevators.

Individuals accompanying patients who are having surgery are asked to wait in the Surgery Waiting Room on the second floor. The Surgery Waiting Room is accessed by taking the surgery elevator past Patient Registration off of Mulberry Street. Visitors should register with the waiting room attendant to make sure the physician is able to keep them informed.

Many of our waiting rooms are equipped with personal computers for access to the internet.

Considering Patient Privacy

 

St. Anthony’s appreciates visitors considerations of our patients’ right to privacy. At any time while visiting friends or loved ones, visitors may be asked to leave the patient room in order for the physician or nursing staff to privately discuss the patient’s care.
 
We also ask that visitors recognize the importance of rest in a patients’ recovery. Nursing staff may ask visitor’s to leave the room if they feel the patient needs additional rest.

Wireless Internet

 

St. Anthony’s is proud to offer free wireless internet access to our patients and their visitors.

Once your laptop or other device has detected the wireless connection, select your internet browser. You will be automatically logged into our wireless web site.