Visitor Information
Visit Our Hospital in New Orleans
Welcome to Touro! Family members and friends are welcome to visit loved ones in the hospital and accompany them to appointments. However, patient safety is our top priority, and we ask all patients and visitors to adhere to the below guidelines to keep everyone safe and healthy.
Visiting hours:
- Touro’s main visiting hours: 8 am-8:30 pm daily
- ICU visiting hours: 8 am-6 pm daily
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Family Birthing Center visiting hours:
- Labor & Delivery: 24 hours except for 6:45-7:45 am & 6:45-7:45 pm
- Postpartum: 8:30 am-8:30 pm
- NICU: 24 hours except for 7-7:30 am 7-7:30 pm.
- Photo I.D. required for all Family Birthing Center visitors
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Inpatient Rehab visiting hours:
- Monday-Friday 4 pm-8:30 pm
- Saturday Noon-8:30 pm
- Sunday 10:30 am-8:30 pm
Overnight visitation is permitted on select units, allowing one overnight visitor per patient. Children visiting must be accompanied by an adult at all times and are not permitted in the Critical Care Units.
Directions
Directions to Touro from the Northshore/Causeway:
- Take the ramp onto I-10 EAST toward New Orleans (5.4 miles)
- Make a slight left at US-90 West toward Westbank/Superdome/Clairborne Ave. (1.4 miles)
- Take the St. Charles Ave. Exit; take your first possible right onto St. Charles.(.3 miles)
- Continue down St. Charles Ave. past Jackson and Washington intersections (1.6 miles)
- Once on St. Charles Avenue, there are several options for arriving at Touro Infirmary and parking including:
From the West Bank:
- Take the West Bank Expressway (US 90) East toward Baton Rouge
- Take the Howard Ave. Exit to O'Keefe Ave. (.2 miles); take the right fork to Howard Ave.
- Make a slight right at Howard Ave. (.2 miles)
- At Lee Circle, go one quarter turn and take first exit onto St. Charles Ave. (1.7 miles)
- Continue down St. Charles Ave. past Jackson and Washington intersections (1.6 miles)
- Once on St. Charles Avenue, there are several options for arriving at Touro Infirmary and parking including:
Parking
Parking validation is available for patients coming to Touro for a procedure. Please bring your parking ticket with you to Patient Registration on the 3rd floor of the main hospital for validation at the time of registration. Visitor parking may be validated on a case-by-case basis at Touro’s discretion.
You may park in either of our convenient garages:
- Buckman Garage on Delachaise Street, across from the Emergency Department
- Prytania Street Garage, directly across from the main hospital
Both garages connect to the hospital by third-floor walkways for easy access. Lost tickets for both patients and visitors will incur the full $12 parking fee upon exit.
Cafeteria
Café Touro is here for the convenience of our visitors, patients, and staff. It is open seven days a week for breakfast (6:30-9:30 am) and lunch (11 am-2 pm) and dinner (5-7 pm).
Directions to main services & areas
Looking for a particular department in Touro? Find contact information, locations, and directions to Touro’s many centers and departments below:
Patient Registration:
504.897.8546
Located on the 3rd floor of the main hospital
Monday - Friday 7 am - 5 pm
From the main elevators near the Information Desk on the 1st floor of the main hospital:
- Take the main passenger elevator to the 3rd floor.
- Exit the elevator and take a right.
- Continue down the hallway and Patient Registration will be on the left.
Family Birthing Center:
504.897.7319
Located on the 2nd floor of the main hospital.
From the main elevators near the Information Desk:
- Take the main passenger elevator to the 2nd floor.
- Exit the elevator and take a left, the Security Desk will be on the left.
Maternal Fetal Medicine Clinic
Located at 3700 St. Charles Ave 7th Floor
Phone:
504.688.7574
Touro Outpatient Lab
Located on the 3rd floor of the main hospital
Phone: 504.897.8524
Monday-Friday: 8 am-5 pm
From the main elevators near the Information Desk:
- Take the main passenger elevator to the 3rd floor.
- Exit the elevator and take a right.
- Continue down the hallway, then take a left.
- Continue down this hallway, passing up Radiology and the Touro Outpatient Lab will be on the left.
Touro Outpatient Radiology Lab
Located on the 3rd floor of the main hospital
Phone:
504.897.8380
From the main elevators near the Information Desk:
- Take the main passenger elevator to the 3rd floor.
- Exit the elevator and take a right.
- Continue down the hallway, then take a left.
- Continue down this hallway and Radiology will be on the right.
Radiation Oncology
Located on the 1st floor of the main hospital
Phone:
504.822.6182
From the Prytania Street Entrance:
- Walk through the lobby and take a right down the main hallway.
- Radiation Oncology will be a few feet down the hallway on the left.
From the Foucher Street Entrance:
- Walk through the lobby and take the first left down the main hallway (near the Information Desk).
- Continue down the hallway and make a left, Radiation Oncology will be on the left.
Touro Infusion Center (Chemotherapy)
Located on the 1st Floor of the main hospital
Phone: 504.897.8202
From the Prytania Street Entrance:
- Walk through the lobby and take a right down the main hallway.
- Continue down the hallway and make a left down the hallway after passing the Radiation Oncology department.
- Continue walking down this hallway and turn right at the Information Desk. The Touro Infusion Center will be on the right across from the Gift Shop.
From the Foucher Street Entrance:
- Walk through the lobby and the Touro Infusion Center is on the left.
Touro’s Inpatient Oncology Unit (Cancer)
Located on the 5th floor of the main hospital
Phone:
504.897.8208
Touro Rehabilitation Center for Inpatient Services
(Spinal Cord Injury, Brain Injury, Stroke)
Located on the 4th floor of the main hospital. Take the main passenger
elevators to the 4th floor.
Touro’s Outpatient Back In Action Center
Located at 1525 St. Charles Avenue
Phone: 504.897.7600
(Speech, Physical, Occupational Therapies)
Touro’s Outpatient Neuro Rehabilitation Center
Located at 1525 St. Charles Avenue
Phone: 504.897.8642
Orthopedic and Spine Center
Located on the 7th floor of the Main Hospital. Take the main passenger
elevators to the 7th floor and exit the elevators to the right. The Joint
Replacement Center will be straight ahead.
Phone:
504.897.7103
Touro Ambulatory Surgery Center
Phone: 504.897.8880
Monday-Friday 6:30 am-5 pm
One-Day Surgery
Located on the 3rd floor of the main hospital near the Prytania Parking
Garage crosswalk
Phone:
504.897.8170
Intensive Care Unit
Phone: 504.897.8627 (ICU, 3rd floor)
Phone: 504.897.8837 (ICU, 6th floor)
There are two ICUs, one located on the 3rd floor of the main hospital and the second located on the 6th floor of the main hospital.
Touro’s Imaging Center
Located at 2929 Napoleon Ave. (On the corner of Napoleon Avenue and Claiborne Avenue)
Phone:
504.552.8291
Touro Prytania Imaging Center
3437 Prytania Street (On the corner of Pytania and Delachaise Streets)
Phone: 504.576.0138
Walgreens Pharmacy
Third Floor at Prytania Street Crosswalk
Phone: 504.758.3726
Monday-Friday, 9 am – 5 pm