Tag: Boca Grande Health Clinic

A time for learning some hard lessons

BY LAUREN HANA, MD – It’s easy to feel overwhelmed with the incredible onslaught of information and misinformation that we all see daily in the headlines. Anxiety, panic and fear are now our new...

Updated Clinic policies spurred by COVID-19 concerns for those at risk

BY HILJA BILODEAU – The coronavirus has been reported in all 50 states, even those considered off the beaten path like West Virginia, North Dakota and Vermont. Boca Grande also is considered off...

From the BGHC: The price we pay to be safe

BY DALY WALKER, MD – As Boca Grande waits to see what the Coronavirus is going to do next, it is eerie, almost apocalyptical. It is frightening. But overall, the Island residents’ response has...

A synopsis of where we’re at with COVID-19

BY LAUREN HANA, MD – The U.S. has had an exponential increase in daily new cases of COVID-19 over the last week, with the last three days averaging 10,000 new cases in the U.S. daily. As of March...

A message from the Clinic: ‘It is time to put community above self’

BY DALY WALKER, MD – The Coronavirus is now moving explosively through the world’s human population. The latest scientific reports warn that without action by the government and individuals to...

Coronavirus explained: BGHC doctor explains the latest information

BY LAUREN HANA MD – The novel (new) coronavirus, now called COVID-19, is a respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China in December of 2019. Initial cases were linked to a large open-air...

Boca Grande Health Clinic rings in New Year with a new look and much more

■ MARCY SHORTUSE If you’re planning on coming down to the island soon, or are already here after a long spell of being elsewhere, you’re going to find that some big changes have taken place at the Boca...

So much more than a breast cancer survivor: Kathy James shares a personal story of her journey

October 11, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN One in eight women in the United States will get breast cancer, and around 12 percent of women will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of their lifetime. Unfortunately, Boca...

The truth about ‘flesh-eating’ bacteria in our waters … If you don’t feel safe going to the beach, read this

July 13, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
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■ BY DR. RAYMOND JAMES I came out of the Gulf after snorkeling on July 4 and a fellow islander said, “Doc, aren’t you worried about getting flesh-eating bacteria?” I asked him which version he wanted,...

Health Clinic crafts plan for future of Annex

April 26, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – During the past few weeks, future plans of the Boca Grande Health Clinic and its Annex building have been a concern to the island’s residents. What follows is an update on...