Officials announce new 216-bed hospital to meet population surge

Lee Health has invested more than $500 million in expansion and renovation projects in recent years.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 9:48 a.m. October 29, 2021
File. Lee Health President and CEO Dr. Larry Antonucci
File. Lee Health President and CEO Dr. Larry Antonucci
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FORT MYERS — One of the fastest-growing areas in Florida — Fort Myers — is on the cusp of getting a surefire sign of a population surge: a new hospital, what could potentially be a five-year project.

 

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