When your loved one is at Backus Hospital, you can rest assured that they are in good hands.
It is always a difficult experience when a friend, family member, or other loved one is hospitalized. It is our goal to help you feel less stress and be at ease. This section of our website will help you to find all the necessary information to make staying with a family member or visiting a loved on at Backus Hospital as easy as possible.
Hartford HealthCare does not deny, restrict, or otherwise limit visitation privileges on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability.
Visiting Hours
- General visiting hours: 10am to 8pm daily
- Any visitor under 16 will need to be accompanied by an adult.
- Inpatient Hospital: Two visitors per patient during visiting hours. If you are visiting a patient on an inpatient unit, you will be required to enter through the Main Entrance. Please use Parking Lot 1 and enter the Main Entrance of the hospital.
- Emergency Department: Two visitors can remain with the patient throughout their Emergency Department visit.
- Surgical Services: One visitor per patient pre-procedure in pre-op. During the patient’s procedure, you are encouraged to wait off campus and you will be called when the procedure is completed. In the Post-Anesthesia area, one visitor is permitted at a time. Please use the Entrance by the Emergency Department.
- Outpatient and Ambulatory Services: One support person per patient.
- Labor & Delivery: Two support persons permitted for delivery. After delivery, one support person permitted 24/7. Please use the Entrance by the Emergency Department.
Exceptions may be made at the discretion of hospital leadership.