H1N1 Virus Scare Prompts One Hospital To Change Access Policies
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To protect workers and patients, the Mercy Regional Health Center in Topeka, KA temporarily changed its visitor policy. No one under the age of 12 can visit patients and only one visitor is allowed into the Birth and Women's Center.
"They're in a category that's high-risk for the H1N1 influenza," Couchman said.
The hospital and doctor's offices in the county have seen an increase in H1N1 cases this month, but emergency services says unless you have a chronic illness or are high-risk, you shouldn't go to the doctor.
To protect workers and patients, the Mercy Regional Health Center in Topeka, KA temporarily changed its visitor policy. No one under the age of 12 can visit patients and only one visitor is allowed into the Birth and Women's Center.
"They're in a category that's high-risk for the H1N1 influenza," Couchman said.
The hospital and doctor's offices in the county have seen an increase in H1N1 cases this month, but emergency services says unless you have a chronic illness or are high-risk, you shouldn't go to the doctor.
