Critical Care Units Coronary Care, Level 4 Intensive Care, Lower Level 1 Anytime, but restricted to immediate family and clergy. Patients are permitted two visitors per hour, for five minutes each. Children under 12 may visit only in unusual circumstances and with permission from the charge nurse on duty.
Parents are welcome to stay and participate in their child's care.
We also permit overnight stays, and you can arrange these with the nurse on duty. Maternity Unit Level 5 Fathers may visit any time. To maintain patient confidentiality, information about patients on this unit is not available through the Information Desk. All visitors are asked to stop at the unit nurses' station upon arrival. MaineGeneral Medical Center volunteers provide a surgery liaison service to give families information on the patient's time in the recovery room and an idea of when the patient can be seen in his or her room.