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 health system’s blood supply remains at ...
Four Lee Health Hospitals earn “A” grades for patient safety With patient safety as a top priority for Lee Health, the health system this week announced the highest national marks from The Leapfrog Group. The Leapfrog Group released its Spring 2021 Hospital Safety Grades, awarding Cape ...
Volunteers are needed for Community Cooperative’s 18th annual Sam Galloway Jr. & Friends Soup Kitchen Benefit on May 6. The event raises money that helps thousands of men, women and children in the community who struggle with hunger and homelessness, and this year’s benefit will be particularly significant since the event’s creator, Sam Galloway Jr., passed away in March. It was Galloway Jr.’s idea to hold a community fundraiser in the service garages of Sam Galloway Ford, creating a unique and highly attended fundraiser. In 2020, the event raised a record $1 million, ...
More than 1.2 million people in the United States have HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In Lee County, the Florida Department of Health estimates around 2,300 community members are living with HIV, and that number continues to ...
Starting today, anyone 18 and over can sign up online to receive a COVID-19 vaccination at Lee Health by visiting https://leehealth.vaccine.mychart.com/. You do not need to be a Lee Health patient to get the vaccine. All vaccines will be administered at Gulf Coast Medical Center. After signing up, you will be notified when the vaccine is available to you and given a choice of time slots of available appointments. If Lee Health has multiple brands of COVID-19 vaccines in stock, you will be able to select which vaccine you receive. Currently, Lee Health is offering the Moderna ...
Now through April 20, Winn-Dixie and Fresco y Más grocery stores in Southwest Florida will be inviting customers to “Round Up” their purchase to the next dollar to benefit Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida. Southeastern Grocers Inc., parent company and home of Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie grocery stores, together with the SEG Gives Foundation, announces the collaborative partnership with eight children’s hospitals throughout the Southeast. Anthony Hucker, President and CEO of Southeastern Grocers, said, “We are a people first company ...
