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Designing for a population boom
Florida Hospital for Women was designed to serve a huge population swell in metro Orlando, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website
The Florida Hospital for Women was designed to serve a huge population swell in metro Orlando, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website. “The young woman who walks in these doors to deliver her first child this year can return years — even decades — later for a diabetes screening, cardiac procedure, or education course on senior health,” a hospital official said.
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November 9, 2016
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