How to Contact a Patient

Bloomington Hospital

812.353.6821
601 West Second Street, Bloomington

To send a letter, card or package to a Bloomington Hospital patient at any of our facilities, please use the main address listed on our facilities page,. Address your mailing as follows:

PATIENT, first name last name (please use actual legal name so we can locate them in the hospital directory)
Hospital PO Box address (depending on location)

Be certain to include a return address. We will make every attempt to ensure card and letters are delivered (thanks to our excellent volunteer staff), but, if they cannot be delivered, all mailings will be returned via U.S. postal mail. Sorry, we cannot forward mail to patients' homes after discharge.

 

 

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If you are planning an in-person visit at either Bloomington Hospital or BH of Orange County, stop by the Information Desk in the main lobby to find out where your loved one is located and how to get to his or her room. Learn more about visiting our patients.

• To contact a Bloomington Hospital patient via telephone, call the hospital operator at 812.353.6821.
• To contact a BH of Orange County patient via telephone, call the main number at 812.723.2811.

Please note that all patients have the right to choose whether or not to be listed in the Patient Directory. You will not be able to receive any information about the person you wish to visit if he or she has opted out of the directory.

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Contacting a patient via e-mail, available at BH of Orange County, only: 
If you know a family member, friend or relative is a patient at BHOC, you can send them an e-mail during their stay.

Messages cannot contain an attachment and should be text-only. They will be printed and delivered Monday through Friday, 8 a.m to 4:30 p.m. Messages received after hours will be delivered on the next business day. Patients cannot respond to e-mails and if the message is undeliverable it will be destroyed.
Please note that messages should not be profane or contain any threatening messages or be upsetting to patients in any way.

To send an e-mail to a BHOC patient, please e-mail us at hswayer@bloomingtonhospital.org and include the following information:

• Patient’s First and Last Name
• Patient's Room Number (if known)
• Your Name, Address and Phone Number