Health Articles

Prostate Cancer: What You Need to Know Pt. 2

Health Treatment Options Written by Allan Bowditch, President, Engage Estero, and Dr. Paul Rodriguez, MD, Urologist Introduction The prostate is a small gland, about the size of a walnut, located just below the bladder and in front of the rectum in men. It surrounds...

Tour of Lee Health Coconut Point Emergency Facility

Tour of Lee Health Coconut Point Emergency Facility

ECCL members were granted a tour of the new “everything but a hospital” healthcare facility under construction in Estero. Lee Health’s Alex Greenwood guided the group through the state-of-the-art 24/7 emergency facilities, as well as the first floor....

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Coconut Point hospital faces new hurdles

Coconut Point hospital faces new hurdles

The News-Press reported last Friday that new opposition to the Coconut Point hospital means delays and potential overturns of recent go-aheads from the Agency for Health Care Administration. NCH Healthcare System and Physicians Regional Healthcare System filed...

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Coconut Point Hospital Progress Report

Coconut Point Hospital Progress Report

On Friday, June 8, 2018, Suzanne Bradach, Lee Health’s Coconut Point Project Director, presented the following update on the Agency for Health Care Administration’s (AHCA) Certificate of Need (CON) decision and the next steps in the approval process. To view her power...

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Coconut Point Hospital Gets Preliminary Approval

Coconut Point Hospital Gets Preliminary Approval

This is a great day for the future of Estero and Bonita Springs. We are pleased to announce that the same State Agency that denied Lee Health’s 2014 application for a hospital on Coconut Point, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), has approved Lee...

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New Medicare cards on the way

New Medicare Cards are being mailed. These cards are designed to prevent identity theft. They will not have your Social Security Number. They will come in an envelope that does not have something saying this is your new Medicare Card. Beware of scammers-Medicare or...

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