With more than 25 years of healthcare and leadership experience, Kristie Huff, MSN, RN, has been appointed to the role of chief nursing and operations executive at HealthPark Medical Center. Huff previously served as Lee Health’s system director of patient care services from May 2005 to ...
The past eight months have shown a steady increase in pediatric Baker Act admissions at Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida. Although Golisano Children’s Hospital is not a Baker Act receiving facility, they do receive pediatric patients who may require medical care. Many of those cases include intentionally injecting things and becoming very ill at attempting suicide, or other means of self harm resulting in the need of medical care. Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida Chief Nursing & Operations Executive Alyssa Bostwick said many arrive at Golisano ...
Family Initiative to offer free autism screenings for toddlers Saturday Free Autism Spectrum Disorder screenings by appointment for 1 to 3-year-old children are being provided by the Family Initiative Autism Support Center, 734 S.W. 4th St., Cape Coral. The screenings are Saturday, Oct. 16, ...
Effective immediately, Oct. 13, Lee Health is lifting its COVID-19 visitation restrictions. "Last year, these restrictions were put in place for the safety of our visitors, patients and staff due to the coronavirus pandemic," Lee Health said in a release issued today. "As conditions have improved, we are able to safely remove these restrictions." Visiting with COVID-positive patients remains limited to compassionate care situations. Masks and social distancing are required in all Lee Health facilities, and the system will continue to screen visitors for symptoms of COVID when they ...
Lee Health is seeking blood donations to help replenish supply levels. Current blood supplies are critically low, and Lee Health’s blood centers are in urgent need of donors. As home to the region's only trauma center, it is vital that the system’s blood supply remains at healthy levels in order to quickly care for patients needing an urgent transfusion. Blood and blood products are not only used in the trauma center, but also to treat cancer patients, premature babies, anemia and a variety of other conditions. Lee Health’s blood centers are the sole supplier of all blood ...
Special to The Breeze Lee Health is investing nearly $150 million to expand Cape Coral Hospital and bring additional health care services to the City of Cape Coral. At their Aug. 26 meeting, the Lee Health Board of Directors approved plans to expand the intensive care unit (ICU) at Cape Hospital, add additional treatment bays in the Emergency Department and purchase a 22.7-acre parcel of land in the city. Other new projects are also underway. “The 12-bed expansion of the ICU increases the number of available beds from 22 to 34,” Lee Health said in a release issued Thursday. ...
