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Mayor Dyer Throws Touchdown Pass for Florida Hospital’s New Football
Field-Sized Emergency Department
Get sneak peak of new Ginsburg Tower before it
opens to the public
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Football fans are used to passing the pigskin on the
field or in their own backyards, but tomorrow Mayor Buddy Dyer will step
in as quarterback for “Team Florida Hospital” at an unconventional
location. From right outside the doors of the football field-sized
Emergency Department at the new Ginsburg Tower at Florida Hospital
Orlando, Mayor Dyer will throw a pass and make a special announcement to
help celebrate Florida Hospital’s Centennial.
You won’t want to miss this opportunity to hear from
Mayor Dyer, who has been a key player in shaping Orlando as a medical
destination. Also, join us to score a tour of the 15-story,
675,000-square-foot Ginsburg Tower, and learn all about the newest
addition to the Orlando skyline. The tower is now the tallest hospital
building in the state and will house 440 new patient beds, as well as
one of the largest emergency departments and one of the largest cardiac
catheterization labs in the country.
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Florida Hospital is celebrating its official 100th
birthday of providing health care in Central Florida. One hundred years
ago, Florida Hospital – which has become an eight-campus system that
sees more patient visits than any other hospital in the country – began
with $4.83 in a farmhouse on the shore of Lake Estelle. Lining the banks
today are the multiple buildings that make up Florida Hospital Orlando,
the flagship institution of the hospital system.
The Ginsburg Tower at Florida Hospital Orlando
features an efficient “LEAN track process” to streamline patient flow
and decrease wait times throughout the Emergency Department, an
extensive cardiology unit with the latest in technology and treatment,
beautiful lake views from patient rooms and guest areas, more than 500
pieces of healing artwork, and much more. Nurses, physicians,
environmental service workers, administration and the community all
played a role in designing this state-of-the-art sanctuary of healing
that provides for the mind, body and spirit of patients and their
families.
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VISUALS: |
Interview, photo and video opportunities including:
- See Mayor Buddy Dyer throw a football to Florida
Hospital administrators and listen to him talk about what this new
Ginsburg Tower will mean for health care in Central Florida
- Speak with Mayor Dyer and accompany him on his
tour of the Ginsburg Tower
- Film live shots and B-roll inside the tower,
including the opportunity to go in the
Emergency Department before it opens on Nov. 25
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WHEN:
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Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 10:15 a.m.
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WHERE:
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Florida Hospital Orlando *Corner
of Rollins Street and Alden Street – below the Ginsburg Tower Icon
2400 Bedford Road
Orlando, FL 32803 |
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