IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich. (WZMQ) – Marshfield Medical Center- Dickinson’s birth center is limiting visitors temporarily due to increasing cases of respiratory illnesses.
Beginning Friday, Jan. 5 at 8 a.m. CT, the hospital will enact the following restrictions: visitors must be 18 years or older; visitors must be free from illness; only two designated labor and delivery support people will be allowed during delivery; after delivery, the two designated labor/delivery support people and grandparents will be allowed to visit.
Chief Nursing Officer Trenton Rankin said in a statement, “With the recent rise in respiratory illness in our area, restricting visitors to the Birth Center is a safety measure to help ensure the health and well-being of our mothers and their newborn children. We will continue to monitor the level of illness in our community and evaluate the visitor restrictions every two weeks. We appreciate everyone’s understanding and support to help keep our Birth Center patients safe.”
