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Boca Raton Regional Hospital,

City’s Government and Community

Show Benefits of Cooperation

in Fight Against COVID-19

By Kiki Bochi, Baptist Health Staff Writer to always be ready and resourceful, especially when we’re
needed most.” As of this writing, the hospital has discharged
At the center of the region’s COVID-19 response,

September is Boca Raton Regional Hospital has played a pivotal role 488 successfully treated COVID-19 patients.

in ensuring the safety of the community — caring for the
Across the country, many communities worried that
National Library sick, working at the forefront of local efforts to investigate their local hospitals would run out of beds and ventilators,
or that they wouldn’t have enough staff to care for the most
treatments, and speaking out about the importance of
protective measures. At the same time, keeping in mind
critically ill. But that was never an issue here, Mr. Mendez
Card Sign-Up the wider healthcare picture, the hospital has upheld the says. The resources of Baptist Health helped ensure that
highest quality care in cardiovascular care, oncology,
employees and doctors had enough personal protective
Month. women’s health, orthopedics, emergency medicine and the equipment (PPE) to keep them and patients safe, that
neurosciences.
technology was always available, that there were open beds
among the system’s 10 hospitals and that there was support
While the pandemic has tested communities across the

country, Boca Raton Regional Hospital has been sustained for a stressed workforce.
Discover All the Benefits of Your Free Boca by its deep commitment to the community, its hard-working Meanwhile, Boca Raton Regional Hospital took a
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“Everyone can benefit from a Boca Raton Public Library its partnership with Baptist plasma as a possible treatment for COVID-19. Antibody-
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can Book-A-Librarian to get virtual help with research or region’s largest healthcare people who have survived the disease, is being studied to
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to virtual programs and classes for all ages, including “From the beginning Drug Administration is reviewing data on clinical trials
genealogy, technology, business and careers, book clubs, of this pandemic, we have coordinated by Mayo Clinic and wants further randomized
guest speakers, story times, and more. Save money by made all the necessary studies.
checking out materials from a robust collection of current plans and provisions so “As one of the first healthcare providers in Florida to
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Use our 24/7 digital library to download or stream movies community,” says Boca we are committed to finding innovative ways to help those
or music, read eBooks or magazines, or view instructional Raton Regional Hospital infected,” said Mr. Mendez, who is leading Baptist Health’s
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“This is a testament to our Lincoln Mendez (Boca Raton
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Microphotographer Discovers “Treasure”

On Boca, South Florida, Worldwide Beaches

By Nils A. Shapiro Dr. Greenberg, who creatively combines art with science,
It may be quite a has a Ph.D. in biomedical research from University College
while since you, and London, holds seventeen patents for high-definition 3-D light
millions of others, microscopes, and has worked as a photographer, filmmaker,
have walked along our biomedical researcher, academic, inventor and entrepreneur.
beautiful beaches as a His remarkable combination of knowledge and skills
result of government have been translated into a collection of microphotographs
restrictions due to the showing that the vast stretches of tiny, uniformly tan-colored
coronavirus. But you grains of sand---across which you walk or on which you lie
now have an unexpected to enjoy a sunny day along the ocean---are actually, when
experience ahead of you, enlarged up to hundreds of times, as colorful, varied and
thanks to the remarkable stunning as the gems displayed in any jeweler’s showcase!
work of a visual artist, Beneath every step you take on the beach is beauty that
Dr. Gary Greenberg. matches any treasure!
Dr. Greenberg reveals all
of this in his book, “A Grain
of Sand: Nature’s Secret
Wonder,” but I decided
not to treat this as one of
my regular book reviews,
having already provided my
monthly column on page 16

Microphotographer
Discovers on page 3