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"He would be out of town for a week and be fine where he was staying for work, and come home and literally spend the weekend in the hospital," said Kendra Elliott about her fiancé, who suffered from mold poisoning.

Dr. Arie Dosoretz, one of the founders of Advocate Radiation Oncology, announced a partnership this week between Southwest Florida Proton and Lee Healthcare Holdings.

The PINC AI honorees delivered better outcomes while operating more efficiently and at a lower cost, based on comparisons between the study winners and a peer group of similar hospitals in the study.

The new vehicle is a larger, roomier mobile unit and is now in service accepting blood donations.

Citing the tripledemic of respiratory illnesses, Lee Health's chief officer for hospital operations says patient volume is nearing 100%. Alternatives to the ER include urgent care centers or telehealth.

While screening techniques for ASD have improved, diagnosis and cause are still far from straightforward. On WGCU's Gulf Coast Life, a discussion about the early detection.

Lee Health says it will end daily reporting of the number of COVID patients it is treating for the first time since the start of the delta variant surge last summer,

The new ICU is part of the hospital’s $347 million expansion. Later this year, Lee Health plans to bring over its trauma center from Lee Memorial.

Dr. Doug Brust of Lee Health gives an update on the use of convalescent plasma with COVID-19 patients and also informs on a new monoclonal antibody treatment from Eli Lilly.

Officials with the Lee Health and Naples Community Hospital healthcare systems both report a slight decrease Thursday in COVID-19 patient volumes. Lee Health’s four acute care hospitals are currently treating 296 COVID-19 positive patients, which is down from 310 patients Wednesday.