Lee Health system

Lee Health broke ground for a campus off Challenger Boulevard in the eastern part of Lee County. Then acute-care facility will have up to 168 beds, including 24 ICU beds, a 44-bed ER and 10 operating rooms.

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.

Sarasota Memorial Health Care System and Lee Health said they are not “subordinate” to the attorney general, as they were created by the Legislature.

Attorney General Ashley Moody’s lawsuit contends five hospital districts, by pursuing separate claims against pharmaceutical industry companies, are jeopardizing settlements her office has reached.

Amid predictions of a summer surge across the South and the upcoming Memorial Day weekend, officials are raising awareness about taking precautions and getting vaccinated.

The hospital has suspended elective surgeries that require an overnight stay and is movng patients younger than 29 to the Golisano Children’s Hospital.

A dispute over the the state Agency for Health Care Administration’s decision to award a Medicaid managed-care contract in Southwest Florida has turned…