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Savannah hospitals beef-up security for Sea Island Summit
Healthcare Security Weekly, June 8, 2004
The National Guard will greet patients and visitors at Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah this week, according to the Savannah Morning News.
As a measure of extra precaution, the guardsmen will ask visitors and patients for photo identification, where they are going, and to wear a visitor's badge on the hospital premises.
The heightened security measures are an added precaution due to the large amount of international media and protestors attending the G-8 Sea Island Summit from June 8-10 in Savannah.
Hospital security will also play a role in increased protection. The hospital security will guard the main entrances to the hospital around the clock all week.
"It's not to create a panic. It's just some added security we will be implementing," said Gary Milewski, Memorial's director of support services.
The 500-bed hospital has the additional stress of being the designated facility where President George Bush would go for treatment if he is injured while in Savannah. Hospital staff worked closely with the Secret Service and the White House in the event of such an emergency, Milewski said.
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