Visitor Information

Visiting Policy	Hours
Medical/ Surgical Units	1 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Intensive Care Unit	Visiting hours are by family request.
Mental Health Unit	2 p.m. - 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Short Procedure Unit	6:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
No more than two visitors are permitted in the patient’s room at a time. Patient visitation by children under twelve years of age is not permitted.

Services	Location	Times
Cafeteria	Ground Floor	Breakfast 6:30 a.m. - 10 a.m. Lunch 11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Dinner 4:30 p.m. - 6:45 pm.
Vending	Ground Floor	24 hours per day
Chapel	First Floor	(open 24 hours per day for private prayer)
Catholic Liturgy		Mon-Fri-12 noon Sat/Sun - 11 a.m.
ATM Machine	First Floor	24 hours per day
Pay Telephones	Emergency Department Waiting Room, Second and Third Floor Patient Tower and Physical Therapy Department
Use of cell phones in highly instrumented clinical areas is prohibited.  Cell phones brought into these areas must be turned off.  Cell phones may be used in Waiting Rooms, Cafeteria and Lounges.
Smoking Policy Marian Community Hospital is a smoke free environment. Smoking is permitted for visitors in the smoking shelter located behind the hospital adjacent to the Professional Building.
Useful Numbers Patient rooms dial 281- 1 + room number; inside the hospital dial 1+ room number.
Patient Advocate	(570) 281-1331	Privacy officer:        (570) 281-1128
Compliance Officer	(570) 281-1331	TTY:                        (570) 281-1228
Other Services		Phone Number
Chaplain	Dial "0" and ask for the hospital chaplain.
Bereavement Support Group		(570) 281-1050
Volunteer Services		(570) 281-1069
Social Services		(570) 281-1031
Language Interpretative Services		(570) 281-1031
Advance Directives or Organ Donation Info.		(570) 281-1050
Waiting Rooms Waiting Rooms are conveniently located at the following locations:
Emergency Department		First Floor
Intensive Care Unit		Second Floor
Second Floor Waiting Room		Second Floor
Surgical Waiting Room		Fourth Floor in SPU
Oncology / GI Lab / EEG		Fourth Floor
Colts Bus stops outside of the Emergency Department at 8:40 a.m. and 1:40 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Respecting Patient Privacy Marian Community Hospital respects each patient’s right to privacy and confidentiality. We ask you to join us in promoting patient privacy. Unless you are family or next of kin, please do not ask questions that are considered confidential. Remember not to discuss patients in the elevator or hallways. Do not ride the elevator when a patient is being transported. Please leave the room when doctors and nurses are tending to the patient. On behalf of our patients, we thank you for your cooperation.