PORTLAND — Maine Medical Center announced the following changes to its visitor policy, effective Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. Note: This announcement does not affect the visitation policies at Pen Bay Medical Center or Waldo County General Hospital, although the two local hospitals anticipate changes in the coming weeks.

For Maine Med:

• Pediatrics: Two parents/guardians allowed per day as patient condition allows. 

• Obstetrics: Two support people during labor and delivery, as patient condition allows. 

• Emergency Department: Two parents/guardians for pediatric patients, provided space is sufficient to achieve compliance with social distancing.

• Ambulatory/Diagnostic Areas: Pediatric patients may be accompanied by two parents/guardians, provided space is sufficient to achieve compliance with social distancing.

• Scarborough Surgery Center: Pediatric patients can have two parents or guardians with them in the building.

One support person is allowed as patient condition allows in the Mother/Baby unit and at MMC’s Prenatal Center. More detailed visitation information on visitation at The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital and the MMC Family Birth Center can be found here.

MMC continues to require masking in its facilities and encourages social distancing and hand hygiene whenever possible. While MMC does not require visitors to be vaccinated, the hospital strongly recommends everyone who is eligible receive COVID-19 vaccinations and booster shots.

About Maine Medical Center

Maine Medical Center (MMC), recognized as a Best Regional Hospital by U.S. News and World Report for 2021-2022, is a complete health care resource for the people of Greater Portland and the entire state, as well as northern New England. Incorporated in 1868, MMC is the state’s largest medical center, licensed for 637 beds and employing more than 9,600 people. MMC's unique role as both a community hospital and a referral center requires an unparalleled depth and breadth of services, including an active educational program and a world-class biomedical research center. As a nonprofit institution, Maine Medical Center provides nearly 23 percent of all the charity care delivered in Maine. MMC is part of the MaineHealth system, a growing family of health care services in northern New England. For more information, visit www.mmc.org.