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Main Phone Number - South Carolina Cancer Center - (803) 296-3000

Palmetto Health Baptist Campus Numbers
General Information - 296-5010 • Patient Information - 296-5440 • Admitting - 296-5251
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Visiting Hours
Visiting hours are 8:30 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Parking
Free visitor parking is available in the parking garage located at 1501 Sumter St.. Palmetto Health Baptist offers security escorts 24-hours a day for patients and visitors. Nurses can arrange escorts to vehicles.

Security
The Security department offers 24-hour coverage and patrols the medical center facilities, grounds and parking areas.

Valuables
Palmetto Health Baptist cannot accept responsibility for misplaced personal items such as glasses and hearing aids or valuables such as jewelry or cameras. We encourage patients to leave valuables at home for safe keeping. However, a safe is available.

Internet Access
Palmetto Health now offers free, wireless Internet access. Patients and visitors can use a Wi-Fi connection to work from their own wireless devices while at any Palmetto Health hospital.

Dentures
A patient notifying a nurse of dentures will have it noted on his or her chart and receive a denture cup. The dentures must be kept in the denture cup to avoid loss.

Smoking Policy
Because your health matters to us, effective May 1, 2005, Palmetto Health Baptist became an entirely smoke-free campus.

Though our buildings have been smoke-free for years, we're expanding our commitment to good health by including the areas surrounding those buildings.

In the interest of promoting good health and healthy lifestyles, Palmetto Health Baptist joins numerous other smoke-free hospitals around the country in modeling healthy behaviors for our community. It's our mission. And our concern for your wellness and those visiting our hospital (combined with what we know about second-hand smoke and the dangerous chemicals carried on the skin, hair and clothing of smokers) is reason enough for us to expand our commitment.

Thank you for joining us in making our hospital safe for all our patients and guests.

Food and Nutrition Services
Palmetto Health Baptist’s department of Food and Nutrition Services is dedicated to providing quality, nutritious meals. Each day, patients may choose items to receive from the rotating selections offered on the menu for the following day. In the morning, a menu hostess will deliver the next day’s menu and assist patients in making selections. If a physician has ordered a special diet, the patient menu must be adjusted to meet the diet order. The menu hostess or nurse can contact a diet technician or registered dietitian for patient assistance.

Cafeteria and Bistro
The Cafeteria and Bistro are located on the basement level of the hospital and can be reached by using elevator A. The main cafeteria offers a variety of hot entrees, while the Bistro offers a made-to-order deli, salad bar and a low-fat hot menu. The cafeteria, open every day, serves breakfast from 6:20 – 9:15 a.m., lunch from 11 a.m. – 2:15 p.m., and dinner from 4 – 7 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 4 – 6 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. The Bistro is open 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Crosswalk Cafe and Crosswalk Grill
Located on the third floor of the professional office building at 1333 Taylor St. The Crosswalk Cafe be reached by taking the crosswalk from the hospital.

Vending Machines
Vending machines are located in the cafeteria lobby on the basement level of the hospital and may be accessed by taking elevator A to the basement. Vending machines also are located in the outpatient surgery lobby on the second floor.

Case Management/ Medical Social Work
Medical social workers are available to all patients. The staff helps assist with concerns during hospitalization and helps plan for services that may be needed after discharge, often referring patients to community agencies for financial aid, home-care assistance and other support services. Patients can ask their doctor to refer them to a social worker. For more information call (803) 296-3000.

Special Needs
Patients needing special assistance for any of the following needs should notify their nurse and contact the customer relations coordinator at (803) 296-5129.

• Foreign language interpreter
• Sign language interpreter
• Closed captioning
• Telephone device for the hearing impaired.

Mail
Mail is delivered to patients each day. Special delivery mail is delivered upon receipt. Any mail received after discharge will be forwarded.

Flowers
Flowers and gifts are delivered Mondays through Fridays. Flowers for patients in Intensive Care are returned to the florist for re-delivery when the patient is assigned a regular room. Flowers for discharged patients are returned to the florist.

Palmetto Health Baptist Gift Shop
The Auxiliary of Volunteers owns and operates the Palmetto Health Baptist Gift Shop which is open Mondays through Thursdays 9 a.m. – 7:30 p.m., Fridays 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays 1 – 5 p.m. Volunteers bring gift shop items to patients in their rooms via a gift cart.

Automated Teller Machines
Automated teller machines are located in the cafeteria lobby. Take elevators A to the basement.

Hotels
Following is a list of nearby hotels that give reduced rates for family members of patients at the South Carolina Cancer Center. Call ahead for your reservations and request the "hospital rate." For your convenience, we have also linked their website addresses below. The South Carolina Cancer Center is not endorsing the use of any specific hotel.

Directions
Click here for directions on how to get to the South Carolina Cancer Center—Palmetto Health Baptist campus.