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Lee Memorial Blood
Center
Giving Blood: Your
Donation Serves Our Community
At Lee Memorial Health
System, we do not export donated blood - every drop goes to help
save the lives of patients at your community-owned hospitals:
Lee Memorial Hospital, HealthPark Medical Center, and Cape Coral
Hospital.
The blood used for patient
care has to be continuously replenished in order to maintain a
constant blood supply. This means our blood centers need a total
of 500 donors a week.
Health Benefits of
Donating
Every time you donate blood, you receive vital health checks
at no cost. At our blood centers, you will be checked for the
following:
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Pulse rate
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Blood pressure
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Body temperature
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Anemia (iron level)
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Blood type
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On request, we also
will check your cholesterol levels.
Helping More Than One
Person
Just a single pint of blood can help save the lives of
several people. Your donation can be separated into its
different components; the platelets may go to a child with
leukemia, the plasma to a patient with a clotting problem and
the red blood cells to an accident victim.
Donate Today
Help ensure that adequate supplies of blood are available
for you, your family and others in our community. Call
239-334-5333 for the location of the Lee Memorial Blood Center
nearest you.
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