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Patient and Visitor Information

Visiting

Security
Your baby's safety is our primary concern, both before and after he or she is born. Our security policy is designed to make sure your family is comfortable and safe during your entire hospital stay.

Good Samaritan Hospital
All visitors to the Family Birth Center are screened and must check in with the Reception desk. They must give your full name each time they enter. The unit is locked 24 hours a day. Usually a receptionist will let your visitors in, but if she has stepped away, your visitors will need to pick up the phone by the door. Because babies are born 24 hours a day, there are no designated visiting hours in Labor and Delivery.

Tacoma General Hospital
Visiting hours are 24 hours a day.

Each infant wears a band that will cause an alarm to sound if he or she goes beyond the unit's locked doors. To help you easily recognize our staff members, each member of the obstetrics unit staff has pink on their name badge.

Parking

When checking into or visiting the hospital, you may have a lot on your mind. We try to take the stress out of parking and let you focus on what's important.

Good Samaritan Hospital
For your convenience, please use the FREE Valet service located on 5th St SE from 15th Ave SE. 

If your arrival is after 8pm on a weekday or on a weekend when Valet is closed, the parking lot is still available for use. If it is an emergency, please access the Emergency Department.

Tacoma General Hospital

When you come to the Tacoma General Birth Center, please use our main Olympic Lobby (formerly 3K) entrance for registration. For your convenience valet services are available outside of the entrance from 5am – 10pm. Valet services can be coordinated after 10pm as well. Our staff at the Olympic Lobby will be available to register you 24 hours a day and assist you with all your needs.

The address is:
315 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Tacoma, WA 98415

Visitor parking will still be available in P2 (formerly the 5th Street Parking Garage).

If you have any questions, please call the Birth Center at 253-403-1032.