# What's the straight dope on hospital visitations

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-hospital-visitations/274563>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 13, 2004, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-hospital-visitations/274563 "2004-11-13T14:09:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-hospital-visitations/274563/21 "2004-11-14T22:02:09Z")

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Sigh!  
I know all that, **TeaElle**. The point of contention is whether a hospital can exclude a visitor based simply on that hospital’s _property rights_, as \*\* Northern Piper\*\* Any hospital, public or private, can evict a visitor in the situations you describe. 🙂  
Sorry I didn’t make myself clear.

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