• Former employee files whistle-blower’s lawsuit with Lee Memorial Published 11/01/2009 at 4:17 p.m.

  A former respiratory therapist at the Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida has filed a whistle-blower’s lawsuit against the Lee Memorial Health System for wrongful termination after she spoke out about mislabeled tracheal intubation tubes in the neonatal intensive care unit, ...

• Tober pulls paramedic certification for all East Naples firefighters Updated 10/30/2009 at 7:34 p.m. 4 Comments

  Collier County Medical Director Robert Tober has pulled advance life support certification for all East Naples firefighter-paramedics because he says they have failed to meet agreed-upon training standards. It is the latest move in an ongoing feud between Tober and ...

• Collier health department schedules two swine flu clinics for high-risk groups Published 10/29/2009 at 8:11 p.m.

  The Naples clinic will be held at Collier Regional Park, on Thursday, Nov. 5, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The address is 15000 Livingston Road. The Immokalee clinic will be held at the Immokalee Sports Complex, on Saturday, Nov. ...

• PHOTOS: Naples teacher lost the pounds, now she’s running in NYC Marathon Published 10/29/2009 at 6:55 p.m.

  Kate Little had a moment. It was Sunday morning on Jan. 21, 2007, as she watched her mother finish the Naples Daily News Half Marathon. “I was thinking, ‘This is ridiculous.’ I don’t think I could have walked it at ...

• Hospitales de Florida se preparan para posible epidemia Published 10/29/2009 at 11:04 a.m.

  El Departamento de Salud de la Florida está desarrollando un plan para racionar escasos recursos médicos en caso de una severa epidemia de influenza y que autorizará a hospitales a negar la admisión a enfermos en fase terminal, con traumas ...

• Collier begins vaccinating its children for swine flu Published 10/27/2009 at 9:11 a.m.

  Collier County schools today launch the first in a series of clinics to immunize children against H1N1 Influenza, also known as the swine flu. The clinics begin today and continue until Tuesday, Dec. 2.

• Hospitals could turn away terminally ill, others if severe flu outbreak occurs Published 10/25/2009 at 6:55 p.m.

  The Florida Department of Health is preparing a plan for rationing scarce medical resources in the event of a severe flu outbreak that would allow hospitals to refuse admission to the terminally ill, trauma patients and ventilator patients with the ...

• “Los agricultores somos personas también” Published 10/22/2009 at 9:20 a.m.

  Alrededor de 50 agricultores de Immokalee y partidarios suyos se manifestaron ante un Publix de Naples el sábado por la mañana, pidiendo que este supermercado de la Florida pague más por los tomates y adopte una postura firme contra las ...

• Opiniones variadas sobre riesgos de la vacuna contra la fiebre porcina Published 10/22/2009 at 12:01 a.m.

  Profesionales de la salud y padres de familia expresan su preocupación acerca de los efectos secundarios y la efectividad de la vacuna contra el virus del H1N!

• VIDEO/PHOTOS: The Clock gives Naples regular surprise party for 100th birthday Published 10/21/2009 at 6:47 p.m.

  William Clark said the secret to making it to 100 is “just getting through 99 and you are there.”

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