East Morgan County Hospital lifts visitation restrictions

BRUSH, Colo. (April 7, 2011) – East Morgan County Hospital will now allow children ages 12 and under in patient care areas at the hospital.

“Due to the decreased local and statewide flu activity over the last month, visitation restrictions have been lifted. Thank you for supporting the restrictions when flu activity was high in our area,” said Dawn Benham, Infection Control, at EMCH.

“As usual, we will continue to discourage and restrict anyone who is sick from visiting our patients.” 

About East Morgan County Hospital
East Morgan County Hospital in Brush, Colo. is licensed by the state of Colorado and certified by Medicare as a 25-bed critical-access hospital. Designated as a Level IV Trauma Center, East Morgan includes a 24-hour emergency department with three trauma bays, two surgery suites, two recovery rooms, six pre and post operative rooms, one endoscopy room, and one outpatient surgery suite.

EMCH is part of Banner Health, one of the country’s largest nonprofit hospital systems. Banner Health is recognized by Thompson Reuter’s top 10 healthcare systems in the nation for quality patient outcomes and financial stability.