Merrick Medical Center Patients and Visitors

During Your Stay 

Our goal is to provide a home-like atmosphere that encourages healing. If you would like extra items for guests visiting/staying with you, we are happy to provide chairs or a couch, as well as blankets and pillows. We also realize that sometimes hospital stays are unexpected. If you need any personal items, such as a toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant, etc., please let our staff know.

Patient Safety

Our staff works diligently to provide a safe environment. For this reason, we do not allow latex balloons in our hospital due to potential allergic reactions for patients. Mylar balloons are acceptable. We also are a smoke-free facility, and smoking anywhere on Medical Center grounds is strictly prohibited. 

Dismissal and After Your Stay

We have a transition team in place that will start to lay the groundwork for you to return home/leave the hospital on the first day of your admission. Their purpose is to help identify and address the needs of the patient, so that items can be put in place for you to safely return home. This staff will work closely with patients, families and providers to arrange a post-discharge care plan that includes all the services you need to stay healthy, including community-based and in-home care.

We want to do everything we can to provide a care plan that keeps you healthy at home and reduces your chance of needing to return to the hospital.