Tampa General limits visitors, cancels some surgeries
March 19, 2020 - Tampa General Hospital temporarily is implementing new visitor rules, to prevent community spread of Covid-19 coronavirus. Under the new rules adult patients can designate one support person who will be the patient’s only approved visitors. For pediatric patients, including babies in the neonatal intensive care unit, both parents can be approved visitors. For patients giving birth, their partner and a certified birth assistant can be present during delivery, and the partner can remain after delivery. No other visitors will be allowed and each approved visitor must provide photo identification. TGH also is suspending all elective surgeries for out-of-state patients.