Tip Sheets

Edition 2 2/10/2006

Let the games begin!  Whether you are a Winter Olympian or a weekend warrior, snow skiing injuries can sideline even the most experienced snow junkies.  Learn how to prevent some common ski-related injuries before you hit the slopes.

Fighting lung cancer with less pain, a smaller incision, and a shorter hospital stay. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among both men and women.  But now patients at the Florida Hospital Cancer Institute have a new treatment option being performed by only a handful of surgeons in the country.  Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) lobectomy makes only two-to-three small incisions of two-to-four centimeters each.  Find out how this new minimally invasive surgery is allowing patients to leave the hospital in half the time of conventional lung surgery. Tape with video of surgery and interviews available. 

Florida Hospital Apopka is showing off its new digs.  The hospital is celebrating a construction milestone on Thursday, February 16, at 4 p.m.  Hard hat tours will give visitors a sneak peek of the new three-story medical office building and atrium lobby connected to the hospital.  Come out and see the new face of Florida Hospital Apopka.

Accident saves a woman’s life.  When Betty Lancraft was almost run over by a car at a busy intersection, she had no idea the experience would save her life.  But doctors examining her found a tumor at the base of her brain.  Luckily, doctors at Florida Hospital told her about a new minimally invasive surgery to remove the tumor.  Find out how these doctors removed Betty’s tumor through her nose and how she is doing now.  Tape with video of surgery and interviews available

The power of prayer.  In times of trouble, are more people turning to faith?  Nine out of ten patients at Florida Hospital Kissimmee see a chaplain within the first 24 hours of being admitted.  Find out how Florida Hospital is meeting the spiritual needs of its patients, their family and friends.

Florida Hospital East Orlando is growing.  On Wednesday, February 22, at 11:30 am, employees, physicians, and construction workers will celebrate the pouring of the last elevated concrete portion in the new patient tower currently under construction. When complete in January 2007, the new tower will add a 200,000-square-foot, five-story patient tower that will house 80 new beds and space for 80 future beds.  Don't miss this "topping out" ceremony - an ancient custom performed to drive out evil spirits and wish good fortune to those who will use the building.  Festivities will include an employee build-off contest and the collection of items for a time capsule.