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Houston Astros Mascot, “Orbit”, Visits
Snapshots Kids at the Palm Beach Children’s Hospital

IRMC Offers the Innovative UroLift®

System to Treat Enlarged Prostate

Indian River Medical Center (IRMC) is
proud to announce that the UroLift® System
is now available with Marc Rose, M.D. UroLift
is the first permanent implant to treat symp-
toms due to urinary outflow obstruction sec-
ondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)
in men 50 years of age or older. Cleared by the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2013,
the UroLift System is designed to relieve
symptoms caused by an enlarged prostate
while preserving sexual function.
The UroLift System implants, delivered dur-
ing a minimally-invasive procedure, create a Kids at the Palm Beach Children’s Hospital got a special visit from someone out
channel separating the lobes of an enlarged of this world. Orbit, the Houston Astros mascot, brought his care free attitude and
prostate to open a pathway for urine flow. loveable looks to the Palm Beach Children’s Hospital to see some of the pediatric
Patients recover from the procedure quickly and return to their normal routines patients who are currently being treated. The Astros are in their first year playing
with minimal downtime. in West Palm Beach for the Spring training season.
Pictured is Orbit and a team member of the Houston Astros posing with Winter
Sconierspupalaikis.

Broward Health Imperial Point,

Kids and the Power of Work Toy Kart Donation for
Broward Health Coral Springs
Kids and the Power of
Work (KAPOW) is a
national business/educa-
tion partnership program
designed to give elemen-
tary school youth expo-
sure to the world of work.
Once a year, all students
in the program visit par-
ticipating businesses and
engage in hands-on,
work-related experiences.
Broward Health Imperial
Point (BHIP) was happy
to be chosen for a second
year as a participating
business.
This year BHIP wel-
comed 37 Tamarac
Elementary School 4th graders to participate in a career day with the theme “It takes
a village.” Children were exposed to many different departments and careers within
the hospital. After engaging presentations by nurses, police officers, and adminis- With a goal of bringing smiles to sick kids, Kids of Love Foundation recently
tration, the children were taken on tours of the emergency room, facilities depart- donated a Toy Kart to the Broward Health Coral Springs Pediatric unit and
ment, and laboratory. They learned how patients are treated, how the facility is places a box in the hospital’s lobby for the collection of toys during the holidays.
powered and taken care of behind the scenes, as well as what healthy vs. unhealthy
tissues look like.

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