Patients require a referral in order to be tested. Testing is done at a modular building, former home of patient financial services (recently moved), in Porter's south parking lot. The service hours are 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday through Friday.
If you are sick, you are advised to contact your healthcare provider by telephone. You should not go to the hospital except in a life-threating situation. Vermont residents with questions about COVID-19 can dial 2-1-1 or 866-652-4636.
Update, March 18, 2020: Vermont Department of Health reports that an individual in Addison County tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The patient was screened via telemedicine and tested at the new Porter Medical Center service. The patient has been notified of the positive result and has agreed to remain at home.
This week, Porter began restricting visitors to the hospital, according to an update on the University of Vermont Health Network website. It will not allow visits from those who have flu-flike symptoms, have traveled to high-risk areas within the past fourteen days or have had close contact with someone diagnosed with or suspected as having COVID-19. The hospital also will not allow visitors under the age of 16.
Emergency Department and Urgent Care patients are restricted to a single visitor. Other patients may only receive visits from the same two people for the duration of their hospital stay.
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