For Patients and Visitors

Visiting Hours and Special Conveniences

Visiting Hours
Information Desk	7:00am - 9:30pm
General	9:00am - 9:00pm
The Pavillion	Monday through Friday: 5:00pm - 8:00pm Saturday and Sunday: 10:00am - 8:00pm
The Children's Hospital	9:00am - 10:00pm
Mother-Baby.	9:00am - 9:00pm

Critical Care Units
STICU (Surgical Trauma)	5:00am - 6:00am
NICU (Neuro)	10:00am - 12 noon
CVICU (Cardiovascular)	4:00pm - 6:00pm
MSICU (Med-Surg)	8:30pm - 10:00pm
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit	Closed for visitors between 6:30am and 8:30am Closed for visitors between 6:30pm and 8:30pm No visitors after 10:30pm
Intensive Care Nursery	(Acute Side): 8:00am - 10:00am; 12:30pm - 6:00pm; 8:00pm - 6am (Non-Acute Side): 8:00am - 6:00pm. Except on Tuesday for discharge rounds from 10:00am - 10:30am and 8:00pm - 6:00am.

Cellular Telephones

Cellular telephones are prohibited in all Medical Center patient care facilities because of the potential risk of electromagnetic interference to our patients. Cellular phones should be turned off before entering the hospital. Be sure your phone is turned OFF, and not just in standby mode.

Wireless Internet (wi-fi)

Patients and visitors within the campus of The Medical Center of Central Georgia may connect to the internet and their email while here, using the hospital's free wireless internet.

Smoking

The Medical Center is a smoke-free hospital.
This means you, your family and your visitors will not be able to smoke inside any of the hospital buildings. There are areas set aside for smoking outside the hospital. Your nurse can direct you to the areas.

Visitor Dining

Visitors are welcome in our Dining Room. It is open from 6:15 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. daily. You may call our "Hunger Hotline" at extension 1140 for daily cafeteria selections. Click here for more information.

Gift and Goodie Cart

Our Auxiliary operates a gift cart which is available for the convenient sale of gift items, snacks and toiletries. Floors one, two and four are serviced in the mornings and three through nine in the afternoons. All profits are used for the benefit of the patients and The Medical Center.

Area Motels

The following hotels have offered the below discount rates for patient families. Please note that we don’t have any control or notice of price changes.

NAME	LOCATION	PHONE
Courtyard	3990 Sheraton Dr. 31210	478-477-8899
Ramada	108 First Street 31201	478-738-2531
Fairfield	4035 Sheraton Dr. 31210	478-738-9007
Quality Inn	115 Riverside Pkwy 31210	478-474-4000
Residence Inn	3900 Sheraton Dr. 31210	478-475-4280
Suburban Lodge	1459 Eisenhower Pkwy 31206	478-781-9996
Wingate Inn.	100 Northcrest Blvd. 31210	478-476-8100

Hospital Police

Don't take chances! The hospital police officers are on duty around the clock for the protection of our guests, employees and hospital property. They can assist with special parking needs and are happy to assist with escort service to automobiles or our Guest Accommodations. They are not available for this service from 10:30 p.m. to midnight when they are assisting our staff during shift change. To contact the Security Department from within the hospital dial "0" to reach the hospital operator.

Mail Center

Located in the West Tower near elevator "A", you may purchase stamps and mail letters Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Overnight, certified and priority mail service is available.

McDonald's

McDonald's is located in The Medical Center Doctor's Building, 770 Pine Street and is open 7 days a week from 6 a.m. until 3 a.m.

Graves Pharmacy

Open daily until midnight and offering free citywide delivery. Located in The Medical Center Doctor's Building, 770 Pine Street, Suite 100. MasterCard, Visa and American Express accepted. Call (478) 745-0476.

ATM

An automated teller machine (ATM) is located on the first floor in the main lobby and is accessible 24 hours a day.