Best in Care - Centennial Issue - (Page 2)

contents centennIal Issue WELCOME 100 Years oF Care I $ 4.83 starts a dream 4 6 8 One Family’s Gift to Many Why the Ginsburg Family Foundation donated to save the hearts of many. Happy 100th Birthday! Find out how you can one day hear these words, too! The Future Is Now 5 ways Florida Hospital is revolutionizing health care. 11 Not All Hospitals Are Alike Find out how Florida Hospital stacks up. 12 Imagineering a Hospital for Kids a sneak peek at Disney children’s Hospital. 13 We Deliver The top 10 reasons to give birth at Florida Hospital. t all started a century ago with $4.83 and one mission: to extend the healing ministry of Christ. Inspired by this mission and moved by need, a small community came together, giving more than $9,000—the amount needed to buy the hospital’s first facility. From that 20-bed cottage on the shores of Lake Estelle where Florida Hospital Orlando now resides to today’s 2,204-bed hospital at seven locations in the tri-county area, Florida Hospital is excited to embrace its past and look to the future. Today, more patients seek Florida Hospital for care than ever before. In fact, the nonprofit hospital treats more patients than any hospital in the country and is a destination hospital for patients around the world. With cutting-edge procedures such as the robotic prostatectomy for cancer patients and minimally invasive valve repairs for heart patients, there is no question why people will travel from afar for care at this prestigious organization. And when they can’t travel, the Nicholson Center for Surgical Advancement can now bring Florida Hospital surgeons to countries like Brazil and India through satellite telecommunication capabilities and a living laboratory. Enjoy this special centennial edition of Best in Care and discover how medicine at Florida Hospital has evolved over the past century, how Florida Hospital is helping people live In 100 years, Florida Hospital has grown from one hospital with 20 patient beds to seven hospitals with a total of 2,204 patient beds. to a healthy 100 and the five revolutionary medical procedures happening at Florida Hospital. And don’t miss the Centennial Society giving card between pages 8 and 9 to learn how to be a part of Florida Hospital’s next century of health and healing. Discover Florida Hospital today, an extraordinary place that people have entrusted their lives and their loved ones to for more than 100 years. Florida Hospital Then and Now THeN (1908) 1 hospital 20 patient beds 1 physician unknown surgery, rehabilitation and obstetrics Shaping the future: the new 15-story Ginsburg Tower at Florida Hospital Orlando Now (2008) 7 hospitals 2,204 patient beds 2,500+ physicians 1,000,000+ admissions a year cancer, cardiovascular, neuroscience, orthopaedics, diabetes, pediatrics, robotics, minimally invasive surgery, obstetrics and women’s medicine, imaging, digestive health, rehabilitation and sports medicine, and more 2I Embracing the past. Shaping the future.

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Florida Hospital Best in Care Centennial 2008 Contents One Family’s Gift to Many Happy 100th Birthday! The Future Is Now Not All Hospitals Are Alike Imagineering a Hospital for Kids We Deliver

Florida Hospital Best in Care Centennial 2008

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