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Health Matters
Health Matters

The latest news on the health and wellness issues that matter most • Novem
The latest news on the health and wellness issues that matter most • November 2018

New NCH Free Standing Emergency Department

coming to Bonita Springs-Estero area

CH Chief Operating Officer Phil located at U.S. 41 and Walden Center Drive, Director of Emergency Services. Other staff
Dutcher has announced NCH west of U.S. 41 and south of Coconut Road and will include registered nurses (RNs), radiology
Healthcare Bonita, a new NCH will bring 80 new jobs to the community. technicians, ER nurses, respiratory therapists,
NHealthcare facility in Bonita The two-story, 41,000 square-foot outpatient operating room RNs, nurse practitioners and
Springs, is slated for an early December 2018 facility will be set on a 4-acre parcel. The office staff.
opening. first floor will offer a 12-bed, full-service, In its ongoing effort to meet the growing
“NCH is extremely excited about bringing 24/7 emergency room and a comprehensive healthcare needs of southwest Florida,
more high-quality healthcare services to south outpatient imaging center offering MRI, CT, NCH opened one of the first free-standing
Lee County residents,” says Dutcher. “Every 3-D mammography, ultrasound and digital emergency departments in southwest
day, the majority of the residents and visitors x-ray imaging. Florida in November 2015. The free standing
from the Bonita/Estero community in need of The second floor of the facility, scheduled to emergency department at NCH Healthcare
medical services travel to an NCH facility to open in January or February 2019, will house Northeast, located at the intersection of S.R.
receive care.” six NCH Physician Group primary care and 951 and Immokalee Road, sees approximately
This new medical center together with the specialty care physician offices, as well as 22,000 patients per year, is one of the nation’s
existing NCH facility on Bonita Beach Road will outpatient surgery and endoscopy services. leaders in patient satisfaction (95th percentile),
provide individuals in these communities with These outpatient services will feature advanced and has among the best door-to-doctor times
the five-star care they have come to expect from surgical suites that can be utilized as either in the industry. The best practices used to
NCH. “We want to ensure that the residents in outpatient surgery suites or endoscopy suites. create the efficient, innovative and successful
south Lee County continue to have a choice for Shawn Patterson, MD, has been named model of emergency care at NCH Healthcare
their healthcare needs,” says Dutcher. Emergency Room (ER) Medical Director, with Northeast will be duplicated at NCH
The $34 million NCH-funded facility will be Wendell McClurg III, RN, serving as Assistant Healthcare Bonita.

NCH Healthcare Bonita will be located at

24040 S. Tamiami Trail, Bonita Springs, FL 34134

NCH Healthcare Bonita Features:

12-bed, Full-Service Outpatient
24/7 Imaging
Emergency Room Center

• MRI

NCH Physician Group • CT
• Primary Care Offices • 3-D Mammography
• Specialty Care Physician Offices • Ultrasound
• Digital X-Ray

Outpatient Surgery and Endoscopy Services
with Advanced Surgical Suites