Jennie Stuart Medical Center will have new patient visitation guidelines beginning Monday, Oct. 25. This will include an increase to two visitors at a time for most admitted patients who are not being treated for COVID-19, hospital spokesman Chris Jung said in an email.
The announcement follows a recent decline in the rate of new COVID-19 cases in Christian County. The new guidelines are outlined here.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
