Miami-Dade Commissioners on Tuesday could approve a proposed freestanding Jackson Health System emergency room and medical offices on a property at the northeastern corner of SW 8th Street and Galiano Avenue in Coral Gables. This would be part of the Jackson Health Systems network and aims to fill a growing demand, according to Jackson’s own studies. […]
COVID-19 heroes campaign helps get locals elected Among the winners in the election earlier this month are healthcare workers at Jackson Memorial Hospital. While some of the candidates their union endorsed lost at the state level, they got every single one of the Miami-Dade commissioners they wanted. Most importantly, they got a mayor who they […]
The momentum of the #thankyouhealthcareheroes movement — appreciation shown to healthcare professionals during the COVID19 pandemic — has manifested itself in window messages on skyscrapers, emergency vehicle parades with full lights and sirens and clapping and/or banging cazuelas on Brickell balconies, in Tik Tok and Instagram video homages and Facebook support pages. Doctors, nurses and healthcare […]
Was it just a bad dream? Furloughs proposed for healthcare workers at Jackson Memorial Hospital in the middle of the national coronavirus pandemic, with thousands of Miami-Dade residents testing positive only on the rise, have been called off. Thankfully. At least for now. “It won’t happen,” said Jackson Public Health Trust Chairman Joe Arriola on […]
It’s the last week of the first month of the new year — and there’s lots going on. From the megamall discussion at the Miami-Dade Commission to an upzone request in Doral to a town hall “brainstorming session” (read: campaign event) in Coral Gables — this is where and when we watch our government and […]
After a one-sided, well-funded campaign that went pretty much unchecked and unchallenged by anyone — including yours truly — the $830-million bond referendum (read: public tax) for the modernization of Jackson Memorial Hospital passed overwhelmingly Tuesday. Some might be surprised that this ballot question passed in an anti-tax community still reeling from the proposal to […]