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Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Hurricanes:

 

  • Are Lee Memorial Hospital, Cape Coral Hospital, HealthPark Medical Center, Gulf Coast Hospital and Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center hurricane shelters? 
    No. Lee Memorial Health System Facilities - including Cape Coral  Hospital, Lee Memorial Hospital, HealthPark Medical Center, Gulf Coast Hospital and Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center - are  not designated hurricane shelters.

    For a list of the available shelters, please refer to Lee County Emergency Operations Center web site:
    http://www.leeeoc.com/

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Special Needs Guest - All special needs guests must be pre-registered  with the Lee County Emergency Management. A Special Needs Guest is  determined by Lee County Emergency Management. If you are not  registered yet, please call 239-477-3640. You will need to complete a form they will send to you. Please be prepared to have your physician  fill out a portion of your form. You must have a caregiver arrive with you and stay with you through the length of the hurricane or the patient will be refused. If you are a registered special needs guest  designated by Lee County Emergency Management to stay at a Lee Memorial Health System facility, you must bring to the hospital a care giver, your medicine, bedding and supplies. 
 

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  • What is a special needs guest?
    A Special Needs Guest is determined by Lee County Emergency  Management. To stay in a hospital during a hurricane you must be  pre-qualified by your physician. In-hospital criteria are: IV Therapy,  Hyperalmentation, Renal Dialysis, Ventilator Patient/Life Support, or third trimester pregnancy. For more information about third trimester pregnancies. For information call 239-477-3640. Special needs guests must be accompanied by a caregiver to be accepted into a hospital. 
     

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  • When does the Lee Memorial Health System disaster plan activate? 
    When the Lee County Emergency Operations Center recommends it, our Lee Memorial Health System hurricane plan goes into effect. Lee  Memorial Health System disaster plan follows the level of activation of the Lee County Emergency Operations Center.  When the disaster plan is activated, all elective (lab, diagnostic, surgical)  procedures are cancelled. Please call your physician's office to reschedule. 
     

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