UF Health Leesburg Hospital and UF Health The Villages® Hospital New Patient Visitation Restrictions

Mar 24, 2020 at 03:23 pm by pj


 LEESBURG — As cases of COVID-19 — the novel 2019 coronavirus — continue to increase throughout Central Florida, many area residents want to know about the most up-to-date policies regarding patient visitation at area hospitals.

“To protect the health of our patients and health care providers, no visitors are permitted at UF Health Leesburg Hospital and UF Health The Villages® Hospital except under special circumstances such as patients receiving end of life care or the imminent birth of a child,” said Don Henderson, CEO of UF Health Central Florida.

Additionally no one under the age of 18 will be permitted to enter the hospital at this time. For more information about how UF Health facilities are responding to COVID-19, please visit https://coronavirus.ufhealth.org/

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