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South Florida's Advocate Graça Machel Visits Patients Hospital Kidney Transplant
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Graça Machel, African stateswoman whose decades long profes- Lee Health announced the health system has worked with
PO Box 812708 sional and public life is deeply rooted in the international advocacy Tampa General Hospital to redefine kidney transplant care in
Boca Raton, FL 33481-2708 for woman and children’s rights, recently visited patients at the community while expanding the scope of services available
Phone: (561) 368-6950 Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. to patients.

Her visit to the hospital included a tour of the cardiac intensive On Dec. 3, the Tampa General Hospital Advanced Organ
Website: care unit, where she met patients, the global telehealth center, Disease and Transplantation Institute at Lee Health opened in
where she was able to experience first-hand the innovative tech- the clinic space at Gulf Coast Medical Center which was previ-
www.southfloridahospitalnews.com
nology used to connect doctors and patients across the world, and
ously occupied by Lee Health’s Kidney Transplant Institute.
the Michael Fux Family Center, where she interacted with some of This change means patients will immediately have access to a
CHARLES FELIX the young patients and their families. variety of transplant services, including live donor transplants,
CAROL FELIX Machel was inducted into the Ambassador David M. Walters paired donor transplants, deceased kidney transplants and
Publishers International Pediatric Hall of Fame during the 2018 Diamond Ball
– Beyond Tomorrow. Induction into the Hall of Fame is the highest simultaneous multi-organ transplants, such as kidney and pan-
NANCY LAMMIE honor bestowed by Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Foundation and creas.
Editor each inductee has demonstrated a passionate commitment to Patients who are on the Lee Health transplant waitlist have
ensure the health and happiness of children everywhere. the option to transfer their wait time to Tampa General
JUDY GRAMM Hospital, or any other Medicare-approved transplant center,
Editorial Manager & Webmaster Machel has created three non-governmental organizations in her without loss of accrued waiting time. When a kidney becomes
own right. She founded and serves as President of the Foundation available, patients will travel to Tampa or a transplant center of
JMC GRAPHICS for Community Development and the Zizile Institute for Child their choice for their surgery. After a post-surgery recuperation
Art/Production Development. She founded the Graça Machel Trust in 2010 where period, they can return to their local nephrologist.
lammienancy@aol.com she focuses on advocating for women’s economic and financial Current transplant nephrologists, Dr. Gautham Mogilishetty
412-835-5796 empowerment, food security, nutrition and education for all, as and Dr. Shalini Saith, will remain at Gulf Coast Medical Center
well as good governance. clinic as part of Tampa General’s program to provide pre- and
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Among numerous awards, Machel has received the United post-operative nephrology care.
Daniel Casciato Nations’ Nansen Refugee Award, she was made an honorary Dame
Commander of the Order of the British Empire and awarded the
Barbara Fallon
Vanessa Orr World Health Organization’s highest honour, the WHO Gold
Medal, for her enormous contributions to the health and wellbeing
Lois Thomson
of women, children and adolescents. Jupiter Medical Center Donates

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IN JANUARY Thanksgiving will be a bit brighter for 78 families in need,
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Harvest with the goal of serving families who might otherwise
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the side effects of impotence or incontinence," said Tara McCoy, CEO and executive director of Palm Beach Harvest. Food
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In 2015, the FDA cleared HIFU for prostate tissue ablation. for donating turkeys to give to those who would not be able to
Three Years $75
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