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Hospitals Beefing Up Visitor Security

Health News Florida | By Health News Florida
Published March 28, 2014 at 10:38 AM EDT

Tightened security is becoming the new normal at many hospitals in Southwest Florida, according to the Fort Myers News-Press. New screening rules for visitors at Lee Memorial Hospital and Gulf Coast Medical Center mean the hospitals have turned away a tiny fraction of people in the past year who tried to enter the facilities. Most of those turned away were on patients’ banned lists or were on Florida’s sex offender registry. 
 
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