Hi guys!
Two of my characters are involved in a serious accident and are rushed to hospital for treatment. They're both considered VIPs in their country, and they're placed in private treatment rooms with pretty high security to prevent the media having access to them.
My question is, when they're first brought in theyre both unconscious and therefore not able to tell doctors/nurses who they want to visit them - what would be the general protocol for allowing family and friends to see them before they wake up? Would it be reasonable for the hospital to require visitors to have ID to access their rooms? I'm not sure how this sort of thing works.
A bit of background - the place the story is set is based on 2013-ish New York. One of the characters is 18 and the other is 21.
Thanks!
Two of my characters are involved in a serious accident and are rushed to hospital for treatment. They're both considered VIPs in their country, and they're placed in private treatment rooms with pretty high security to prevent the media having access to them.
My question is, when they're first brought in theyre both unconscious and therefore not able to tell doctors/nurses who they want to visit them - what would be the general protocol for allowing family and friends to see them before they wake up? Would it be reasonable for the hospital to require visitors to have ID to access their rooms? I'm not sure how this sort of thing works.
A bit of background - the place the story is set is based on 2013-ish New York. One of the characters is 18 and the other is 21.
Thanks!