{"id":51402,"date":"2024-10-28T16:29:57","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T20:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=51402"},"modified":"2024-10-28T16:38:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T20:38:13","slug":"orlando-health-tops-out-new-lakeland-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/10\/28\/orlando-health-tops-out-new-lakeland-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando Health Tops Out New Lakeland Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orlando Health team members, Polk County officials, and community members celebrated a major milestone during today&#8217;s Topping-out Ceremony at the Orlando Health Lakeland Highlands Hospital construction site, near the corner of Polk County Parkway and Lakeland Highlands Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-dominant-color=\"888f9f\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #888f9f;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"847\" height=\"383\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 847px) 100vw, 847px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Topping-Out-Ceremony-at-Orlando-Health-Lakeland-Highlands-Hospital-jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51403 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Topping-Out-Ceremony-at-Orlando-Health-Lakeland-Highlands-Hospital-jpg.webp 847w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Topping-Out-Ceremony-at-Orlando-Health-Lakeland-Highlands-Hospital-300x136.webp 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Topping-Out-Ceremony-at-Orlando-Health-Lakeland-Highlands-Hospital-768x347.webp 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The group gathered to sign the final beam, just before it was hoisted by a crane and swung into place. The celebration commemorates the end of vertical construction on the 7-story facility, which is scheduled to open in the summer of 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-dominant-color=\"60626b\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #60626b;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"553\" height=\"369\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Orlando-Health-beam-hoist-jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51404 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Orlando-Health-beam-hoist-jpg.webp 553w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Orlando-Health-beam-hoist-300x200.webp 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is a special day for us! Four years ago, we set out to provide the Polk County community with convenient access to high-quality healthcare services and we are excited to see the hospital well on its way to completion\u201d, said Carlos Carrasco, President of Orlando Health Lakeland Highlands Hospital and Senior Vice President, Orlando Health.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-dominant-color=\"878083\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #878083;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"439\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Orlando-Health-Lakeland-Highlands-Hospital-President-Carlos-Carrasco-jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51405 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Orlando-Health-Lakeland-Highlands-Hospital-President-Carlos-Carrasco-jpg.webp 640w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Orlando-Health-Lakeland-Highlands-Hospital-President-Carlos-Carrasco-300x206.webp 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Orlando Health Lakeland Highlands Hospital opens in 2026, it will have 302 inpatient beds. The hospital and its campus were designed by the architecture, planning, and engineering firm HOK. It can increase its capacity to accommodate up to 360 hospital beds.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-dominant-color=\"83797d\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #83797d;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Orlando-Health-Team-Member-Kim-McMurphy-jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51406 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Orlando-Health-Team-Member-Kim-McMurphy-jpg.webp 696w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Orlando-Health-Team-Member-Kim-McMurphy-300x200.webp 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWith Polk County\u2019s rapid growth, we are excited to offer a wide range of services. We look forward to our continued partnership with the Lakeland community as we prepare for the grand opening in 2026,\u201d said Carrasco.<\/p>\n\n\n        \n        <div class=\"embedpress-gutenberg-wrapper source-provider-Youtube aligncenter ep-clear   ep-content-protection-disabled inline\" id=\"399ba2a3-ec9e-4f04-8d4e-3c01e9d5c96e\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube \">\n            <div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper \">\n                <div id=\"ep-gutenberg-content-78d5b207189acf6779be0637c6d4cafd\" class=\"ep-gutenberg-content\">\n                    <div >\n                        <div class=\"ep-embed-content-wraper preset-default insta-grid ep-google-photos-carousel\"\n                            style=\"max-width:600px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\"                                                                                                                >\n\n                            <div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-41ef35459f898372564b1b077b7bc2e7 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:340px; max-height:340px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" title=\"Orlando Health Tops Out New Lakeland Hospital\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ujQD8L1jTBM?feature=oembed&#038;color=red&#038;rel=1&#038;controls=2&#038;start=true&#038;end=true&#038;fs=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen title=\"Orlando Health Tops Out New Lakeland Hospital\"><\/iframe><\/div>                        <\/div>\n\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orlando Health team members, Polk County officials, and community members celebrated a major milestone during today&#8217;s Topping-out Ceremony at the Orlando Health Lakeland Highlands Hospital construction site, near the corner&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2,"attached_media":[{"id":51404,"url":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Orlando-Health-beam-hoist-jpg.webp","type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[10182],"class_list":["post-51402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news","tag-orlando-health-tops-out-new-lakeland-hospital"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51402"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51408,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51402\/revisions\/51408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}