Visitors will need to prearrange and schedule their visit with the charge nurse. Author: Rachel Ripp (News West9) Published: 3:39 AM CDT May 3, 2021 Updated: 3:39 AM CDT May 3, 2021 ODESSA, Texas — It's been 402 days since these hospital doors at MCH were open to the public. The barricade out front serving as a reminder of how this virus left us all feeling: Isolated, socially distanced and in fear of spreading or contracting the virus. But thanks to the vaccine, the barricade to the COVID unit at MCH is going away. "We're at our lowest COVID numbers in more than a year so we felt it was time to start allowing people back in the building. Now this is obviously not going to be a free for all again where you can just come in and roam around. That's the last thing we want," said Trevor Tankersly, MCH director of public relations.