NCH in the News

Hospitals across the nation are in crisis mode as new Covid-19 cases are rising in every state. The virus is hitting the South, where vaccination rates remain low, especially hard. NBC Nightly News covers the rising COVID cases across the country. Watch now >

Lee Health COVID-19 cases up 600%, NCH cases up 800% as Southwest Florida faces ‘pandemic of the unvaccinated’   Lee Health and the NCH Healthcare System are reporting a 600% and an 800% increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations over the last month, respectively, numbers that are straining hospital resources and are quickly nearing last summer’s peaks.

Stacy Jankowski didn’t expect all the help she’s getting at St. Matthew’s House. A bed to sleep in at night. That’s big. Having the pain in her stomach go away and medication for her high blood pressure. That gives her hope. “I couldn’t ask for better treatment at all,” Jankowski, 49, a resident of Collier County for

The highly contagious Delta variant will become the dominant strain of COVID-19 to circulate in Florida and potentially cause a new outbreak among unvaccinated young people and others who are not inoculated, experts say. “I’m pretty concerned,” said Dr. Michael Teng, a virologist and associate professor at the University of South Florida’s College of Medicine in

Tom Sklodowski knew it was time for another surgery after his breathing worsened, preventing him from working out. Born with a heart condition that led to three open-heart surgeries and numerous hospitalizations through the years, the 68-year-old Naples retiree was the first person in Collier County to have the MitraClip procedure at the NCH Heart Institute on June 15. Read

For 25 years, the NCH Healthcare System has been in a leader in the Southwest Florida community for cardiac services. With that leadership role comes a responsibility to evolve and enhance their services and specialties. To help lead NCH in this endeavor, the organization has announced that Dr. Robert Cubeddu, cardiologist, has joined the community

Health systems in Georgia and Southwest Florida are offering nurses sign-on bonuses amounting to tens of thousands of dollars and/or relocation assistance amid efforts to address staffing needs. Naples, Florida based NCH Healthcare system said it is hiring nurses to fill hundreds of open positions. As of June 22, the organization had about 450 open

Upgrading will help more high-risk newborns, moms Eileen Bode was not allowed to hold her newborn son. He was whisked away to the neonatal intensive care unit minutes after he was born at NCH North Naples Hospital. A sharp-eyed nurse in the delivery room noticed the newborn… Read more >

Next month marks one year since Immokalee’s Chantel Salas left North Naples Community Hospital following a lengthy battle with COVID-19. Admitted on May 25, 2020, Salas, who was 17 at the time, fought COVID-19 for 54 days, and at one point, was even sent to a specialty care facility in Orlando. Now fully recovered, Salas is living