How do you find out if someone is in the hospital?
Can the hospital tell you if a patient is there?
There are instances, however, when a hospital or medical facility will not be able to tell you if your loved one is a patient at its facility, such as when your loved one instructs the hospital not to disclose any information about him or her, or when the hospital maintains a policy of not revealing any patient
Can I call a hospital and ask if someone is there?
Originally Answered: Can you call a hospital and ask if someone is there? Yes, unless the person has requested that no information be given out at all. Otherwise, legally the hospital is allowed to say that someone is a patient but that's all.