Balloons and Flowers

Latex balloons are prohibited in the hospital due to patient and employee allergies.

Flowers are delivered to a patient’s room by a hospital volunteer as soon as they are received. Because most patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) are often too ill to appreciate them fully, flowers are sent to ICU patients are returned to the florist and re-sent when patients leave the ICU. If a patient requests not to include his/her name in the hospital directory, mail and flowers will not be delivered to the patient’s room.