Jackson ER, offices proposed at North Gables corner to cover future needs

Jackson ER, offices proposed at North Gables corner to cover future needs

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. […]

Jackson, healthcare workers in Miami-Dade make 2020 political gains via SEIU

Jackson, healthcare workers in Miami-Dade make 2020 political gains via SEIU

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 […]

Jackson Miami doctors, nurses want post COVID19 community conversation

Jackson Miami doctors, nurses want post COVID19 community conversation

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 […]

The Cortadito Calendar for week of Jan. 23 — busy, busy

The Cortadito Calendar for week of Jan. 23 — busy, busy

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 […]

Jackson’s $830-million bond passes handily, as planned

Jackson’s $830-million bond passes handily, as planned

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 […]