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Smoking
Cigarettes and smoking materials are not sold at Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center, and smoking is strictly prohibited throughout the hospital. Visitors may smoke only in designated areas which are located near the emergency room entrance.
Fire Drills
For your protection, the hospital conducts fire and disaster drills regularly. If a drill occurs while you are here, please remain in your room and do not become alarmed. The hospital is a fire-resistant building, and our staff is trained in fire protection.
Oxygen
Special regulations are in effect in areas where patients are receiving oxygen. Electrically operated equipment and aerosol products are not permitted in these areas. Absolutely no smoking is permitted in any room where oxygen is in use or on standby.
Medications
All medications you take in the hospital are prescribed by your doctor, dispensed by the hospital pharmacy, and administered by the nurse. Patients are not permitted to administer their own drugs or keep personal medications at their bedsides.
Prescriptions given to you when you leave cannot be filled at the hospital pharmacy.
Wheelchairs
Wheelchairs are available on all nursing units, but getting in and out of them without assistance may be hazardous. Please ask for help from a member of the hospital staff.
Valuable or Lost Items
Patients are asked not to bring items of value to the hospital. If you do bring a valuable item, it should be deposited in the safe in the Safety and Security Office. You will be given a written receipt for all items. This receipt must be presented when you withdraw the item. The hospital does not accept responsibility for items of value unless they are deposited in the safe. If you lose something, please notify your nurse immediately, and we will make every effort to help you find it.
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