The UPMC building in downtown Pittsburgh.
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Two midstate hospital groups announce visitation restrictions
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Craig Rhodes
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The UPMC building in downtown Pittsburgh.
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(Harrisburg) — Penn State health and UPMC Pinnacle have announced temporary visitation restrictions at their facilities throughout south central Pennsylvania due to the coronavirus.
Penn State Health says patients at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State Children’s Hospital in Hershey may have only two visitors at a time. Adult patients at St. Joseph Medical Center in Reading may have one visitor at a time, pediatric patients two at a time.
Visitors under the age of 18 are not allowed to visit either campus.
UPMC Pinnacle says visitors are limited to one at a time at all of their inpatient and outpatient facilities.
No children are allowed.
UPMC also says volunteer activities at all of their hospitals and facilities are temporarily suspended.
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