Visiting Hours

The main entrance at Hunt Regional Medical Center in Greenville is open from 6:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.

Entrance/exit to the facility after visiting hours must be made through the emergency department. Visitors are expected to sign-in to the facility using the LobbyGuard system located in the ER waiting room. Visitors are asked to wear the name badge that prints from the LobbyGuard computer.

Primary visitation times for regular inpatient rooms are 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Because many Hunt Regional patients are susceptible to infection, individuals with recent exposure to illness or infection should refrain from visiting patients.

Visitors should be limited to no more than two in a patient room. Please contact the nurse before entering a room marked isolation. An overhead page at 9:00 p.m. will alert visitors that visiting hours are over.

One overnight visitor is allowed in a patient room. Overnight stays by visitors are not permitted in the lobby areas. Children under the age of 18 years of age are not permitted to stay overnight.

Visitation is limited to two immediate family members. Visitation may be halted by the nursing staff as warranted by the patient’s condition or emergency condition of the other patients in the unit. The family will be provided visiting time as soon as appropriate.

ICU Visitation Hours: 6:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m., except for special circumstances. 

  • Only two (2) people at a time may visit the patient 
  • Please remain in your patient’s room or in the ICU waiting room 
  • Please do not linger at the nurse’s station 
  • No live plants or cut flowers are allowed 
  • You may be asked to leave the ICU at any time so we can provide complex patient care, perform procedures, or deal with emergencies. 

  • Visitation is permitted 24 hours/day.
    Mother/Baby:
  • Hospital visitation hours are observed: 6:00 am – 9:00 pm
  • One designated support person or visitor, aged 16 years or older may stay overnight in the patient
    rooms.

  • Parents: unlimited visiting hours
  • All designated visitors – two are allowed at the bedside at a time, 24 hours/day except during end of shift times 6:30 am and 7:30 pm

Parents: unlimited visiting hours (one parent overnight).
Pediatric patients are permitted to have both parents/guardians as overnight visitors. Overnight
visitation privileges may be rescinded by written order from the attending physician or his designee.

Parents or legal guardians of a pediatric patient are not generally allowed in the PACU. One parent or legal guardian will only be permitted to go back with the patient if there are special considerations.

Children under the age of 13 must be accompanied at all times by someone over 18 years of age. Children are prohibited from visiting the following

Ambulatory and Inpatient areas:

  • Diagnostic Center
  • Diagnostic Imaging
  • Operating Room
  • Day Surgery
  • Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

Visitors lounges on the medical floors and near ICU offer comfortable waiting areas for patients’ family and friends.

There are vending machines near the lounges. A large vending machine area on the first floor offers drinks and snacks. Hot meals are available in the cafeteria.