hospitals

A man had friends drive him to the hospital after he was hit by a car. Doctors checked him out, then sent him by ambulance to a trauma center, which released him with no further treatment.

The stories of two nurses who survived a gunman's attack on an ICU at UMPC Memorial Hospital in York are being shared in Facebook posts that reveal new details.

A gunman took hostages before exchanges of gunfire that killed the man, a police officer and wounded five others in an ICU. The suspect had been in contact with the hospital about a medical issue involving someone else.

More than 60,000 people bleed to death every year in the United States. Many of those deaths occur before the patient reaches a trauma center where blood transfusions can be given.

Flu, RSV and other respiratory illnesses are sending people to urgent care and emergency rooms. In some cases, these patients are ending up with pneumonia.

The hospital COO says 93% of the families in Pasco, Citrus and Hernando counties north of Tampa travel outside of that market for specialty pediatric care. The new 56-bed facility will help address that need.

The six-story, 100-bed facility is slated for an undeveloped 32-acre parcel on North Sumter Boulevard near Interstate 75. The board also plans to build another hospital in nearby Wellen Park.

Cape Coral, population of 224,000, has only one hospital. Founded in 1977 and absorbed into the Lee Health system in 1996, Cape Coral Hospital has been doing what it can to serve the city's needs.

The hospital completed 889 procedures at its Transplant Institute last year. That's more than Arizona’s Mayo Clinic, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (845).

As contract negotiations approach, nurses at Palmetto General Hospital in Hialeah joined thousands across the state and country to highlight broad support for solutions that prioritize patient care.