Page 4 - Boca ViewPointe - June '23

Page 4, Viewpointe June 2023
What’s Up In Health

– 2023 Mini Town Hall Meeting A Success

By Arthur Dermer, Volunteer, also been given to nurses to
Boca Raton Regional help retain their services. The
Hospital Administration has also hired
many traveling nurses to fill
An excellent What’s Up shortages as they develop.
in Medicine program was Mark Easton provided
held at Boca Pointe last details of the master plan
month. This Boca Pointe for the hospital’s expansion.
community awareness These include the construction
meeting was hosted by of a nine-story addition to
the Boca Raton Hospital the existing hospital. See the
Foundation. The small but attached artist rendering of
enthusiastic audience was the Gloria Drummond Patient
very positive regarding the Tower East presently under
presentation, especially the construction. When completed,
extensive dialog between the hospital will have 435
presenters and residents. SINGLE occupancy rooms.
The program featured ALL rooms will be single Artist rendering of new Gloria Drummond Tower and Marcus Facade under construction.
a presentation by Roberta occupancy. He explained that
Cohen, Director of the cost to a patient for a single occupancy room will be no On a personal note, my wife Lois and I want to thank
Development for the higher than that normally charged for a double occupancy Harriet Rubin for bringing this important program to
Hospital Foundation room today. A future article will expand on Baptist our community. For over 20 years, my wife Lois and I
and Mark Eas ton, a Health’s plans for the future growth of the Hospital. co-chaired similar hospital events held at Boca Pointe.
Development Officer at I want to thank Roberta Cohen and Mark Easton for We greatly appreciated Ms. Rubin’s acknowledging
the Foundation. They their help in making the afternoon event a success. I and thanking us for our service to the community and
d i sc u sse d a d v a n c e d also want to thank the Debbie-Rand Memorial Service Hospital.
technology now being League volunteers who promoted this program. These If you are interested in becoming a hospital volunteer
employed by the hospital Dr. Arthur Dermer and Lois volunteers each week commit their time, energy, and or want more information about volunteer services please
with particular emphasis at Boca Pointe love to helping the staff and patients at the hospital. call 561-955-4098. 
on cancer treatment. Much
of the funding for new equipment and facilities comes
from generous donors living in Boca Raton. Residents Boca Pointe Community Association, Inc.
should be aware that Baptist Health of South Florida has
committed over $660 million towards modernizing and 6909 SW 18th St., Suite A120 A special Thank You to our monthly volunteer contributing writers
expanding Boca Regional to make it the showplace of Boca Raton, FL 33433
Palm Beach County and South Florida. Office (561) 395-7551 Fax (561) 395-5936 Steve Handwerker Anne Gannon Arthur Dermer
Email: info@bocapointe.com
The presenters noted that the hospital had undergone Website: www.bocapointe.com Judith Levy Elyse Weintraub Brown William A. Gralnick
major changes in the past 10 years. An informative Dr. Ronald J. Meyers Hillary Reynolds Milagros Gutierrez de Herrera
Lisa Sileo
Oris Martin
Yishai Mizrahi
visual presentation showed the many changes which Access Control Rayna Becker Robert Weinroth
have occurred on the hospital campus and many of Operator: (561) 395-3392 Halli Moore Barry J. Haberman
Voice mail system: (561) 395-3369
the changes coming in the near future. These changes Website: www.gateaccess.net Harold Katz Peter Sachs
included modernizing the emergency medicine services Harriet Rubin Steven L. Abrams
area, opening the Christine Lynn Women’s Health and Staff
April Narine, General Manager
Wellness Center, and the opening of two parking garages Lisa Cammaleri, Assistant Manager
providing over 1200 new spaces. The ultimate goal of Yvonne Rivera, Administrative Assistant
these upgrades is to bring the latest facilities, technology, Marcel Dos Santos, Director of Security The views of the writers of the various articles in this newspaper do not
and the best doctors to Boca Raton. Viewpointe of Boca Pointe is the newspaper necessarily reflect the views of the Boca Pointe Community Association.
The Association nor the individual writers are not responsible for claims or
Roberta Cohen directly addressed specific concerns of Boca Pointe Community Association, Inc. promises contained in any advertising material appearing in the Viewpointe.
regarding nursing services. She acknowledged that the Please direct all questions, comments or Such claims and promises are the sole responsibility of the individual
concerns were valid and explained that there is a serious articles for Viewpointe to lisa.cammaleri@ advertiser.
shortage of nurses throughout the United States. The fsresidential.com.
Hospital is doing all it can to recruit more nurses and to
retain existing staff. FAU has opened a School of Nursing
which is helping alleviate the problem. Pay raises have

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