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PGA Hall of Famer and 2-Time Open Kendall Regional Medical Center
Championship Winner Greg Norman Visits Collects 7.5 Pounds of Opioid

the Paley Orthopedic & Spine Institute at Medications During Take Back Day

St. Mary’s Medical Center

Kendall Regional Medical Center collected 7.5 pounds of opioid medications
PGA Hall of Famer and 2- time major golf champion Greg Norman recently paid during its “Crush the Crisis” opioid take back day on September 7 to help combat
a visit to the Paley Orthopedic & Spine Institute to tour the facility, take some the nation’s opioid crisis. Community members participated in the event by drop-
photos, and pass out gifts to the children being treated at the hospital. The visit ping off unused and expired prescription medications.
was made possible by Simon Reilly whose daughter is currently a patient of Dr. “Opioid addiction has been a growing concern not only in Miami-Dade County,
Paley. The Reilly family, who are from Australia, reached out to Norman who is a but across our nation,” said Dr. Manuel Anton, Chief Medical Officer at Kendall
fellow Aussie and lives in Jupiter, Florida. “The Shark” obliged with a visit to the Regional Medical Center. “We are proud to have taken part in an event that raised
institute and had the opportunity to meet the hospital staff who bring first class awareness of the dangers of opioid addiction and educated our community about
care to the Paley Orthopedic & Spine Institute at St. Mary’s Medical Center and the proper disposal of these medications.”
the Palm Beach Children’s Hospital.
Pictured (l-r) Greg Norman, Simon Reilly, Demi Reilly, Sandy Reilly, Gabrielle
Finley-Hazle - Chief Executive Officer St. Mary’s Medical Center & Palm Beach
Children’s Hospital Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center
Honors Riviera Beach
Fire Department for Call of the Quarter

Delray Medical Center Holds 9-11 BBQ
to Honor First Responders at the

Hospital and Delray Beach Fire Rescue

Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center recently had its second call of the Quarter
Award by recognizing the Riviera Beach Fire Dept. - Rescue 89 for their quick
September 11, 2001 is a day that Americans will never forget. Our first responsiveness, and collaboration with the emergency department in saving a
responders saved thousands of lives and ran into buildings when others were patient's life. The team worked efficiently to save a patient in cardiac arrest, and
running away from them. As a thank you for all that they do, Delray Medical kept them responsive until they reached PBGMC. The patient was then treated in
Center honored Delray Beach Fire Rescue by holding its annual 9/11 the emergency department, and brought to the cathlab for a procedure. Following
Emergency Department Appreciation "All American BBQ" event. The hospital his recovery at the hospital, the patient was discharged and now recovering at
saluted all of its emergency and trauma staff as well as local first responders. home. The Call of the Quarter is designed to recognize the work of fire rescue
Pictured (l-r) Kevin Green, Asst. Chief; Robert Hoecherl, Division Chief; departments in Palm Beach County to save patients’ lives every day.
Stephen Garner, Delray Medical Center Chief Operating Officer; Keith Tomey, Pictured (l-r) Tammy Levasseur, Stroke and Chest Pain Coordinator; Dr. Jason
Acting Fire Chief; and Greg Giaccone, Battalion Chief Sevald, Medical Director of PBGMC’s Emergency Department; Laurena Reese,
Director of PBGMC’s Emergency Department; Chief Tom McCarthy, Chief of
Riviera Beach Fire Rescue; Gabriel Ferro, firefighter paramedic; Alfred Copeland
Couric, Firefigther Paramedic FTO; Scott Steele, Paramedic; Captain Scott Steele;
Chief John Curd and Chief Keith Golden

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