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Orlando, Fla. (April 13, 2022) --- Arvind Murali, MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) has joined the Orlando Health Digestive Health Institute, the highly specialized gastrointestinal diagnostic and treatment center designed and developed to serve patients from across the southeastern United States. Dr. Murali, who is board certified in gastroenterology and hepatology will establish the Orlando Health Digestive Health Institute Liver Center — a liver care specialty area and begin the groundwork for establishing an abdominal solid organ transplant program for the health system.

Ocoee, FL (April 6, 2022) – To best meet the current demand and anticipated need for rehabilitative care in Central Florida and beyond, Orlando Health is announcing plans to develop a freestanding rehabilitation facility in West Orange County. The building will open as a 54-bed inpatient facility distinctively designed to provide high quality post-acute care for patients requiring medical and rehabilitative services. The current CARF-accredited inpatient rehabilitation program at Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center will relocate to this new site, the first freestanding comprehensive medical rehabilitation facility in Orange County. CARF is the acronym for the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities.

Davenport, FL (April 26, 2022) – To continue to meet the growing need for emergency services driven by Central Florida’s rapidly increasing population, Orlando Health is preparing to open its newest freestanding emergency room, the Orlando Health Emergency Room – Reunion Village. The full-service emergency room will be open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and will be fully staffed by Board-certified emergency room physicians, registered nurses, and other clinicians. Located along the I-4 corridor at 8011 Osceola Polk Line Road in Davenport, the Orlando Health Emergency Room – Reunion Village will be the seventh freestanding emergency room Orlando Health has opened since 2018.

Orlando, FL (April 20, 2022) – Students at Orange Center Elementary now have increased access to a variety of nutritious, non-perishable foods free of charge thanks to the installation of a dedicated, on-site market pantry provided by Orlando Health and Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida. 

Orlando, FL (April 20, 2022) – Orlando Health has donated 20 pallets of medical supplies, valued at nearly $80,000, to be used in war-torn Ukraine. Included in the shipment of more than 4,500 individual items are materials to address numerous medical needs including orthopedic and other wounds; supplies to assist in surgeries and emergency situations; even pediatric materials to care for children and obstetric supplies to assist women and infants. Donated items include:

Orlando, FL (February 13, 2023) –This week, oncologists at Orlando Health Cancer Institute introduced patients to a new drug for treatment of advanced prostate cancer.

Orlando, FL and Dorado, Puerto Rico (October 19, 2022) – Orlando Health, a non-profit healthcare organization that serves the southeastern United States, today announced it has acquired PRISA Group’s and Triple-S Management’s participation in Sabanera Health Dorado, an agreement that both parties identified as a huge step on taking the new facility to its next level of excellence and benefiting all residents of Puerto Rico’s northern region while solidifying the efforts to promote medical tourism on the island.

Misleading news stories about a study on the effectiveness of colonoscopies in screening for cancer might prompt some people to skip the procedure.

Orlando, FL (October 3, 2022) –The application process for the 2023 cycle of Orlando Health’s Community Grant Program opened Saturday, October 1, 2022. As part of the hospital system’s ongoing commitment to Central Florida, the program offers competitive grants to assist local organizations and Orlando Health team members in their efforts to improve health and wellness in the region.

Orlando, FL (September 20, 2022) – Annette Seabrook, MPT, MHA, FACHE has been named president of Orlando Health’s new freestanding inpatient rehabilitation institute. Located on the Orlando Health – Health Central Hospital campus, the 54-bed inpatient facility will provide a full range of advanced rehabilitation services and will specialize in care for patients suffering from complex neurological conditions.