Hospital to expand care for women and children

Ormond Beach Observer
Business

Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center has begun a $10 million construction project to add 24 inpatient beds for women and 10 inpatient pediatric beds on the fourth floor. All 34 rooms will be private, and parents will be able to stay with their child overnight in the pediatric unit.
“The entire fourth floor is already centered completely on women and children,” said Becky Vernon, director of women and children’s services “When this construction is complete, everything to meet the needs of the women and children in our community will all be located on this floor.”
The fourth floor is currently home to Women’s Care for pregnant mothers, the BirthCare Center and pediatrician offices.
In August, the hospital opened a 16-bed Level II neonatal intensive care unit to care for sick and premature babies. It has sleeping and showering accommodations, as well as a refrigerator, so that parents never need to leave their child.
Construction is expected to be completed summer 2017.

Financial planner makes radio milestone

Local financial planner David Holland broadcast his 1,000th radio show on Sept. 1. The listening audience has also expanded to include three counties. The show currently airs at 9 a.m. in Volusia County on WNDB 93.5FM and AM1150; noon in Flagler County on WNZF 106.3FM and AM1550; and 9 a.m. in St. Johns County on WSOS 103.9FM and AM1170. To emphasize its financial planning and retirement focus, the show’s name was also recently changed from Real Money with David Holland to PlanStronger Radio.
Holland Financial has served Volusia and Flagler counties since 1997 and provides financial and investment planning services, as well as tax return preparation and reverse mortgage origination, through its four other subsidiaries: Holland Insurance, Holland Advisory, Holland Tax & Accounting and Holland Mortgage Services.
Visit planstronger.com.

Trauma symposium planned

Halifax Health will present Trauma STAT 2016 on Sept. 16 and 17, a comprehensive two-day symposium featuring fundamental concepts of trauma care and scenario-based activities. The symposium will take place at the Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resort, 100 N. Atlantic Ave., Daytona Beach.
The symposium takes place from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 16, and from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 17.A networking reception will open the event on Friday, Sept. 16, at 4:45 p.m.
Physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, paramedics and emergency medical technicians, radiography professionals, nutritionists and dieticians are encouraged to attend.
One-day registration for the symposium is $75. For both Friday and Saturday, registration is $125. The cost for the networking reception is $5. Registration at the door is available space permitting. At that time, only check payment will be accepted.
To register for Trauma STAT 2016, contact Halifax Health Medical Library at [email protected] or call 425-4051.