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Orlando Health Launches New Helicopter for Children & Adults
Orlando, FL (July 22, 2025) – This week, Orlando Health Air Care officially launched its newest aircraft: a larger, specialized helicopter to transport critically ill children and adults. When it comes to emergencies, every second counts. This new helicopter’s larger size and specialized design enhances the ability to quickly transport both children and adults to Central Florida’s only Level One Trauma Center: Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) along with Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children. The new Airbus H145D3 is now the fifth aircraft in Orlando Health’s helicopter ambulance fleet.
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Orlando Health Launches New Golf Performance Program
Orlando, FL (July 16, 2025) – The Orlando Health Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine Center is thrilled to offer the community a new performance health service for professional golfers and weekend warriors alike. The golf performance health program is designed to help people play without pain, play at a higher level and extend playing years on the green.
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Orlando Health hospitals earn national, regional, high performing recognition from U.S. News & World Report
Orlando Fl – (July 29, 2025) -- Orlando Health hospitals and service lines were recognized in U.S. News & World Report’s most recent hospital rankings as some of the best in the nation. The healthcare system earned Best Hospitals, Best Regional Hospitals and High Performing Hospitals, while multiple service lines were honored as “high performing” at the national and regional levels.
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200-Pound Weight Loss Leads to Good Health, Love and a College Dream
For Dorsey Hernandez, folding the laundry is a pleasure. So is washing her car, vacuuming the floor, even cleaning the bathroom. The customer service rep couldn’t do any of those tasks without exhaustion for a decade. That was before she lost 200 pounds.
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U.S. News & World Report Ranks Orlando Health Among the Best in the Nation
Orlando Health hospitals and service lines were recognized among the best in the nation and region in U.S. News & World Report’s adult hospital rankings, which were released today.
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Orlando Health Opens New Fetal Care Center to Expand Access and Deliver Advanced Care for High-Risk Pregnancies
ORLANDO, FL (June 10, 2025) – Orlando Health is proud to announce the official opening of its new Fetal Care Center, a state-of-the-art facility designed to enhance services for patients with high-risk pregnancies. Located at Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies, the new center will go live on June 13, offering expanded space, advanced technology, and greater access to expert care.
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‘I Am Not Dying on the Couch.’ Orlando Man Loses 800 Pounds
Ted Dombrowski spent his 50th birthday on the sofa, nearly immobile. Although down to 800 pounds from a peak of 1,060, he was still so heavy that his stomach drooped to his knees. One of those knees was so painful, even while seated, that 800 milligrams of ibuprofen every six hours barely helped.
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Orlando Health Lake Mary Hospital Welcomes 500th Baby
Orlando Health is a private not-for-profit, integrated academic healthcare system with $12 billion of assets under management, that serves the southeastern United States – including Florida and Alabama – and Puerto Rico. With corporate offices in Orlando, Florida the system provides a complete continuum of care across a network of medical centers and institutes, community and specialty hospitals, physician practices, urgent care facilities, skilled nursing facilities, home healthcare, and long-term and behavioral health care services. Founded more than 100 years ago, Orlando Health’s mission is to improve the health and the quality of life of the individuals and communities we serve. The system provided nearly $1.7 billion in community impact in the form of community benefit programs and services, Medicare shortfalls, bad debt, community-building activities and capital investments in FY 23, the most recent period for which the information is available. For more information, visit orlandohealth.com, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter.)
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After 116-Pound Weight Loss, Woman’s Medical Issues Disappear
As an adult, Sonia Rodriguez was always overweight, at about 200 pounds, but she went about life with a full-time bank job, a husband and two school-age daughters. That all changed in 2016, when she entered a five-year plummet as her 22-year marriage ended, both her parents died, and crippling panic attacks led to her retiring early.
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Orlando Health South Lake Hospital Named a Recognized Leader in Caring for People Living with Diabetes
Clermont, FL (June 4, 2025) – Orlando Health South Lake Hospital has been designated as a leader in caring for people living with diabetes by the American Diabetes Association and The Leapfrog Group. The award recognizes the hospital’s strong commitment to the safety and well-being of hospitalized people living with diabetes—estimated to be 30 percent of all patients.