To protect patients and caregivers and to preserve critical safety supplies, Salem Health is restricting all visitors at its hospitals in Salem and in Dallas.
As an alternative to visiting a family member or friend at either Salem Hospital or West Valley Hospital, please telephone or video call them.
Unless an exception below is satisfied, visitation will not be permitted starting Monday, and will continue for the foreseeable future. For safety considerations, no visitors below age 12 will be allowed on premises. Further, no visitors will be allowed to visit patients who are in isolation for infection prevention.
Assuming the visitor is healthy, the following exceptions will be made:
Guests who meet one of these exceptions will be allowed inside the hospital, but are restricted to the patient’s room and direct travel to and from the patient’s room and hospital entrances/exits, unless clinically required diversions are necessary, such as to the pharmacy to pick up a prescription.
For the foreseeable future, we are asking that only patients enter our clinics, unless the patient is under the age of 12 or needs a companion to provide physical or mental assistance. Thank you for helping us limit exposure.
All patients with flu-like symptoms are being rescheduled to alternate locations. If you have a fever or cough, please call for 503-561-5200 and ask to schedule an appointment. Thank you for helping us limit exposure.
We will review and revisit this decision as the situation with COVID-19 continues to evolve.