Lee Health recently celebrated the graduation of the Class of 2021 of The Florida State University College of Medicine Family Medicine Residency Program and Global Health Fellowship. The residency program, based at Lee Memorial Hospital, was created to address an expected national shortage of ...
Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida, in partnership with Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southwest Florida, offers a free monthly autism spectrum disorder screening for toddlers 18 months to 5 years of age. The next screening will be held on July 23, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Pediatric Specialist Office, 15901 Bass Rd, Suite 102, Fort Myers. It is estimated that one in every 59 children is diagnosed with some form of Autism Spectrum Disorder, making it more common than childhood cancer, juvenile diabetes and pediatric AIDS combined. Medical consultants for the ...
The South Cape Hospitality & Entertainment Association (SCHEA) will host a Lee Health blood drive on July 31, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The bus will be parked in Club Square, behind the South Cape Hub and BackStreets on Southeast 47th Terrace. Type O+ remains critically low, and supply levels ...
Best Buddies receives grant from Golisano Foundation Best Buddies International, a nonprofit founded in 1989 by Anthony K. Shriver to establish a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities , recently announced it has received a generous grant from the Golisano Foundation of $50,000 to expand its work in Southwest Florida to serve more individuals with IDD. With the Golisano Foundation’s support, Best Buddies was launched in Southwest ...
Golisano Children’s Hospital’s Mobile Pediatric Vaccination Clinic will be making stops around Southwest Florida this week to vaccinate children 12 years-old and older for COVID-19.The Mobile Pediatric Vaccination Clinic is walk-up only, and there is no cost for the COVID-19 vaccine, which ...
In a message sent out Friday to local media, Lee Health announced it will no longer be issuing updates on COVID-19 hospitalizations at its facilities in Lee County. The final update provided Friday by the health care organization documented 33 COVID-19 patients isolated at its hospitals in ...
