Bassett Medical Center

COVID-19 Visitor Response Plan

In accordance with current New York State Department of Health (NYS DOH) regulations, patients are allowed to have person(s) at the bedside as either a support person or a visitor.

Click here to learn more about our general visitation rules and important things to know when visiting a patient.

Click here to learn more about our specific visitation rules for certain areas of care, including protective measures and special visitor provisions by department.

Please Note: During the COVID-19 pandemic, visiting hours at each of the Bassett Healthcare Network hospitals has changed to adhere to New York State Department of Health guidelines. Hours are noon – 8:00pm and only one visitor at a time, with no more than two visitors total in a single day, for a cumulative total of four hours.

Please visit www.bassett.org/covid-19 for more resources, including our COVID-19 online screening tool and central phone line, and to learn how you can help prevent the spread of respiratory illness.

Please visit www.bassett.org/safe-care to learn more about our ongoing safe care processes, information about how to access different areas of care, and answers to frequently asked questions.

Bassett Medical Center's Campus

Bassett Medical Center, the foundation for the Bassett Healthcare Network, is a 180-bed, acute care inpatient teaching facility in Cooperstown, New York. Bassett Medical Center offers 24-hour emergency and trauma care, comprehensive cancer and heart care, dialysis, and most medical and surgical specialties. The Bassett Clinic is located on the same campus as the medical center and provides outpatient primary and specialty care. The medical center also provides postgraduate residency training programs in medicine and surgery and maintains a strong academic program through its affiliation with Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (P&S). In 2009, Bassett Medical Center became a medical school campus of Columbia P&S. The Bassett Research Institute, located on the medical center campus, conducts programs in clinical science, and population and public health studies.