Lee Health

While Lee Health continues construction on the area’s newest hospital, there are decisions to be made.

As is often the case this time of year, local emergency rooms are filling up, driven in large part by the flu, COVID-19, RSV and other sicknesses that are going around.

Patients at Lee Health have been experiencing higher wait times as an influx of people with illnesses has overflooded several locations.

With Lee Memorial Hospital scheduled to close in 2027, discussions over what will replace the building are in full swing and whether Fort Myers City Hall is the right choice.

The outlook for lung cancer is typically not good, mostly because it’s often picked up in late stages. However, Lee Health hopes to change that trajectory by launching a new advanced care center focusing on lung disease.

According to a critical care pulmonologist with Lee Health, every day, two people in Lee County hear the news that they have lung cancer.

Although it is very uncommon, men get breast cancer, too. The disease affects about one percent of men compared to one in eight women who are diagnosed.

There’s a big shift on the horizon for healthcare in Lee County.

The number of teens using tobacco products is at a 25-year low, but at the same time, kids are ditching cigarettes, and many are picking up another habit: nicotine pouches.

Lee Health doubled the number of robot screenings to look for early stage lung cancer.