//Upstate hospital system restricts visitors amid COVID-19 surge

Upstate hospital system restricts visitors amid COVID-19 surge

NIGEL: WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS. PRISMA HEALTH WILL RESTRICT PATIENT VISITATION STARTING TOMORROW. THE SURGEON COVID-19 CASES ACROSS THE STATE IS TO BLAME. PRISMA HEALTH SAYS THERE ARE SOME EXEMPTIONS WHERE VISITORS WILL BE ALLOWED, INCLUDING PEDIATRIC PATIENTS, MOTHERS AND LABOR, PEOPLE UNDERGOING PROCEDURES WHERE THEY MUST BE SEDATED, PEOPLE REQUIRING CARE FROM PARTNERS SUCH AS DEMENTIA PATIENTS, AND VISITORS WILL BE ALLOWED FOR END-OF-LIFE