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Holy Cross

Hospital
Hosts 15th

Annual
"Day in the

Life of a
Nurse"
Holy Cross Hospital Medical Staff Donates
High school students from Saint Thomas Aquinas and Cardinal Gibbons in
Mobile Medical Unit for Continuing Fort Lauderdale recently participated in Holy Cross Hospital’s 15th annual “Day
Bahamas Relief Efforts in the Life of a Nurse” sponsored by the Nursing Consortium of South Florida.
The event offered participants an overview of nursing, career pathways and pro-
gression, educational opportunities, hospital tours, nurse shadowing, and a skills
The medical team at Holy Cross Hospital has donated a Medical Mobile Truck fair. While participating in the full-day program at Holy Cross, students shad-
to the Bahamas Relief Effort. The truck will be shipped to the island of Abaco by owed healthcare professionals in various areas of the hospital and toured key
Seacor Island Lines to help aid in the ongoing Hurricane Dorian recovery efforts. hospital departments, including the Emergency Room, Simulation Room,
The medical unit has an on-board generator, two air conditioners, refrigerator, Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit, and the maternity ward. Students also gained
water and has fuel capacity for one week. Additional funds have been raised to hands-on experience with a "SimMan 3G," a life-size human model that creates
also maintain the unit and includes such supplies as sanitary materials, water, training environments with realistic outcomes, learned how to perform CPR, per-
MREs and tarps to shield the sun. form newborn care, operate patient lifts, and examine various equipment that is
Bahamian governmental officials on hand for the donation were Iram D. Lewis, used to treat and care for patients.
minister of state for disaster preparedness, management and reconstruction;
Katherine B. Smith, president of the Senate and NEMA coordinator, Grand
Bahama Island; Ministry of Disaster Preparedness, Management and Healthy Start
Reconstruction Permanent Secretary Carl Smith and Director Carl Oliver. They
met with the Holy Cross team including Doug Strong, interim president and Coalition of
CEO, and Chief of Nuclear Medicine and President of the Medical Staff Jon A. Miami-Dade
Kotler, M.D.
The Holy Cross medical staff has donated $150,000 in hardware to the Bahamas Raises
and will be donating another $20,000 to $30,000 in the short term.
Awareness of

Premature
Lakeside Medical Center Marks Its 10th
Births
Anniversary with Community Celebration;
Healthy Start Coalition of Miami-Dade (HSCMD), the county’s prenatal and infant
C. L. Brumback Primary Care Clinics care coalition, hosted the 2019 Miami-Dade Prematurity Symposium on November
Celebrate the Grand Opening of the New 14 and 15 in observance of Prematurity Awareness Month. To continue the
Coalition’s efforts in providing education to families and the community, the sympo-
Belle Glade Clinic sium aimed to reduce preterm birth rates, increase equity and improve outcomes for
premature infants through discussion of known causes, potential and evidence-based
Nearly 200 children, parents, grand- interventions, and best practices.
parents, hospital staff and Glades The Coalition was joined by more than 150 OB/GYN’s, pediatricians, neonatolo-
community leaders attended the 10th gists, family practitioners, nurses, clinical staff, case managers, and community par-
anniversary celebration of Lakeside ticipants to discuss topics such as caring for newborns with medical complexities,
Medical Center on November 9. In managing high risk pregnancies in the home, social determinants of health, and
addition to music, food and fun activ- much more.
ities, participants also received tips In attendance were (l-r) Florida Senator Anitere Flores’ staff, Lissette Vasquez,
about staying healthy from the hospi- Senior Legislative Assistant; Healthy Start Coalition of Miami-Dade, CEO, Manuel E.
tal's medical staff. Fermin; Tiffany Lorente, District Executive Secretary for Florida Senator Anitere
Attendees were also given tours of Flores and Jeannette Torres, Director of Programs for Healthy Start Coalition of
the newly opened Belle Glade Clinic at Miami-Dade.
Lakeside Medical Center. One of ten
C. L. Brumback Primary Care Clinics West Boca
in Palm Beach County, the Belle Glade
Clinic has 12 exam rooms and six den- Medical Center
tal suites. The clinic provides medical,
dental, pharmacy and behavioral health services for adults and children. As a Makes
Federally Qualified Health Center, the clinic serves all patients, regardless of
ability to pay, and offers a sliding fee scale. Donation to
Pictured provided tours of the newly opened Belle Glade Clinic are June Boca Helping
Shipek, Business Logistics Manager; Melissa Pena, Corporate Materials Manager;
Kristine Morales, PharmD, CPh, Corporate Clinical Services and Risk Hands for the
Pharmacist; and Dr. Ana Ferwerda, Interim Medical Director, C. L. Brumback
Primary Care Clinics. Holidays

West Boca Medical Center recently made a $1,500.00 donation to the Boca
Helping Hands organization to help those who may be struggling with hunger this
holiday season. Boca Helping Hands is a community based organization serving the
underprivileged in our community. The program is supported by community organ-
izations like West Boca Medical Center, which is dedicated to not only helping those
Snapshots George Rizzuto, Chief Executive Officer, West Boca Medical Center; Gregory M.
who come to the hospital, but to those who need help outside the hospital too.
Pictured (l-r) Dr. Stewart Newman, Chairman of the WBMC Governing Board;
Hazle, Executive Director, Boca Helping Hands; Dr. Anwar Vardag, WBMC Chief of
Staff

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