Commissioner Martinez joins local organizations to collect tents and camping supplies for homeless Haitians
Commissioner Joe A. Martinez joined local organizations with the goal of collecting one million tents and cots for Haitians left homeless by the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit last week.
Since the launch of Miami-Dade BlueSM – a new health insurance plan aimed at reaching Miami-Dade’s uninsured residents – earlier this summer, the number of enrollees has far exceeded the expectations of Miami-Dade County and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida.
Scheduled to open in 2011, West Kendall Baptist Hospital will be a facility with surgical, emergency, maternity and diagnostic units. The hospital represents the first completely new, non-replacement hospital in Miami-Dade County in several decades. West Kendall Baptist Hospital is slated to open with 80 beds and the capacity to quickly expand to 134 beds. The emergency center will handle more than 40,000 visits annually. Today, about 8,000 patients per year travel from West Kendall to Baptist Health hospitals for inpatient care, and over 20,000 travel for emergency care.
The construction costs for the hospital are expected to surpass $160 million. The Baptist Health Foundation will launch a capital campaign to raise funds for construction. For information about ways to support West Kendall Baptist Hospital, call the Foundation at 786-596-6535.
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I want to be more accessible to the residents of Miami-Dade County.
Not only can you call me or email me, but now you can send me your concerns and suggestions through my Facebook page. Anyone with their own Facebook account can locate my page by searching for "Commissioner Joe A. Martinez." I look forward to hearing from you.
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Be sure to check out the freshest produce from local vendors on Sunday, February 21 , 2010.
