Hep c isn’t an airborn virus like Covid and not likely to spread in a hospital. The legal risk for the hospital is a result of the health risk. If there was no health risk there really isn’t much room for a negligence lawsuit. The hospital would be at legal risk if they did something negligent like allowing someone at high risk of having Covid riding elevators and walking by other patients rooms full of vulnerable patients many old or immunocompromised. I don’t think there is much chance of a lawsuit for emotion damage either because the hospital was taking reasonable precautions. It is more likely they caved to just get op to stop consuming their time with complaining

They called the complaint hotline and I suspect got an exception to take the stairs instead of share an elevator with other vulnerable hospital patients and are still taking their grief out on the staff months later. I hope it’s just grief and not that this person is so entitled in everyday life

The issue is the dad had direct and prolonged exposure to someone who tested Covid positive. Otherwise he would have been allowed to visit. We know this because the op actually lied and was allowed in. Maybe that is why op isn’t getting any compassion. It’s a hospital full of extremely sensitive people and they are going to prioritize saving those people’s lives. Op could have killed an immunocompromised patient with their lies and sense of entitlement. Im in favor of compassion for someone grieving but the staff has to follow the rules or they get fired.

People in healthcare have to follow the rules that are made by experts who weigh the risks and benefits of each policy to maximize the number of lives saved. It does seem disgusting but it is the real world. I’m disgusted that the op lied about being exposed to Covid to get into the hospital

The officials at the hospitals that make these policies are put in the awful position to decide if your need to say goodbye was more important than potentially spreading the virus to vulnerable immune compromised people also in the hospital for treatment. Your post sounds overly judgmental of the staff enforcing the rules that they have no control over. You come across as entitled and the type of person that doesn’t think the rules apply to everyone and you are special because you were a pharmacy tech. I hope this attitude is only due to your grief of losing a loved one. The policies around Covid and family visitors in the hospital can be debated but the attitude of your letter just isn’t helping your case.