Note Date: 07/19/2014 - HIPPA Hospital Information Patient Protection Act

*******>>> HIPPA is a Federal Government law.<<< *******

This means that a hospital cannot give out ANY information about a patient in the hospital, without the patient’s permission. So, often, a visitor goes into the hospital, hospital won`t tell him/her what room your love one in.
After the patient leaves the hospital, he/she complains that no priest or no deacon came to visit them! Priests/ Deacons/Others did not come because the hospital never told them!

If you or a loved one is in the hospital and wants a priest/deacon/others visit,
PLEASE have someone in the family contact them at the church
or Fr. Mark immediately!