Bringing warmth and cheer
The residents of a local nursing home had a special and festive Christmas, thanks to the GFWC Lutz-Land O’ Lakes Woman’s Club. Members of the club provided large gift bags filled with treats, along with requested and needed items, to bring cheer to or to keep the residents warm and comfortable. Twenty-five residents who may not have had friends or family able to visit over the holidays during the pandemic lockdown were provided for. Note: Residents agreed to photos, but their names and the facility’s name were not to be released.)
Blood drive yields 20+ pints
Ierna’s Heating, Cooling & Plumbing in Lutz started the new year off with a curbside blood drive in partnership with OneBlood on Jan. 5, which yielded more than 20 pints of whole blood.
Each donor received a T-shirt, a restaurant voucher, a $20 gift card, and a wellness checkup that included a COVID-19 antibody test.
Ierna’s also handed out its own swag, including custom hand-sanitizer pens.
According to the American Red Cross, one blood donation can potentially save up to three lives. Less than 38% of the population is eligible to give blood or platelets, which makes volunteer donors important.
Donation appointments are available on a first-come, first-served basis and are open to the public.
Follow Ierna’s Heating, Cooling & Plumbing on social media to be notified about its next blood drive, scheduled for April 1.
Women’s Choice Award
AdventHealth Zephyrhills has been named one of America’s Best Hospitals for Heart Care by the Women’s Choice Award. The award signifies that AdventHealth Zephyrhills is in the top 1% of 4,542 hospitals in the United States offering heart care services.
The methodology used to select the hospital as one of America’s best involves evaluations of:
- The number of cardiac/vascular services offered. Recognized hospitals must offer at least six of the following services: Cardiac Catheter Lab, Cardiac Rehabilitation, Cardiac Surgery, Carotid Stenting, Coronary Interventions, Electrophysiology, Vascular Interventions, Vascular Surgery and Coronary Intensive Care (CCU).
- 30-day mortality and readmission rates for heart attack and heart failure
- Patient recommendation ratings on the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Survey
- Primary research about women’s health care preferences
For information about America’s Best Hospitals for Heart Care, visit WomensChoiceAward.com/best-hospitals-for-heart-care.
New staff member
Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute has welcomed Dr. Jessica Stine, oncologist, to its staff.
Dr. Stine will care for patients at Florida Cancer’s New Port Richey location, 8763 River Crossing Blvd., and in Wesley Chapel at 2391 Oak Myrtle Lane.
She earned her medical degree from the University of Miami, and completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Jackson Memorial Hospital, where she served as administrative chief resident. She was then awarded a fellowship in gynecologic oncology from the University of North Carolina Hospitals in Chapel Hill.
Dr. Stine has worked as a proctor and speaker at da Vinci Surgery, and as an associate professor for the obstetrics and gynecology residency at Brandon Regional Hospital.
She is an advanced robotic surgeon, and has an interest in fertility sparing approaches. She also is one of the few physicians trained to perform a radical trachelectomy for young cervical cancer patients who wish to preserve their ability to conceive.
