For Visitors

We encourage family and friends to be with their loved one while in the hospital. We view family and friends as our partners in the patient's health and recovery and we support their presence and participation in the patient's care and decision-making. Of course, the patient has the right to determine the extent to which they would like family and friends involved in their care.

Visiting Guidelines

  • Franklin General Hospital welcomes visitors.
  • To protect the health of our consumers and colleagues, all visitors must wear shoes and be free of infection. These include but are not limited to: cold sores (herpes simplex), shingles (herpes zoster), cold, flu, COVID-19, vomiting, diarrhea, fever, and exposure to a communicable disease in the past three weeks.
  • Visitors may enter the facility through the front doors during the week, 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., and the Emergency entrance after 5:00 p.m. weekdays and all day on weekends. FGH is currently renovating the Emergency Department. During construction, the Emergency entrance is Door K.
    • Please refrain from parking in the Emergency Department spaces when visiting your loved one. There are spots available for visitors on the west side of the building.