Last week, Florida non-profit health system Lee Health held a groundbreaking ceremony to launch the construction of a 60,000-square-foot pediatric ASC in Fort Myers. This week it held another, this time for Lee Health at Veterans Parkway, a 100,000-square-foot “ambulatory clinic” in Cape Coral that it states will deliver “comprehensive” diagnostic, treatment, and surgical services.
According to a report by Gulfshore Business, the facility is expected to open “in mid-summer 2027 with cancer, heart and musculoskeletal services.”
Lee Health states that the facility will feature four ORs, two catheterization labs, two electrophysiology labs, and 28 pre-op and post-op recovery rooms. Also on site will be an “advanced” infusion center with 24 stations, along with a dedicated infusion pharmacy to support chemotherapy and intravenous therapy treatments.
Imaging and radiology capabilities at the site will include a PET-CT imaging room, an MRI suite, X-ray facilities, three echo vascular ultrasound rooms, and two nuclear stress treadmill rooms. The site will also feature outpatient clinic space designed to support cardiology, musculoskeletal, and oncology services “in a coordinated setting,” according to Lee Health.
The health system states that the clinic layout is “strategically designed to enhance patient flow, minimize wait times, and integrate the latest medical technologies.”
The project is Lee Health's largest in Cape Coral in more than 40 years. Gulfshore Business reports that Cape Coral Mayor John Gunter said at the ceremony, “Anytime that you can provide medical services here in the community and keep our residents from going across the bridge in order to get the same type of services, you know that we’re moving in the best direction,”.
“We’re able to do so much more these days at outpatient clinics,” added Chief Administrative Officer of Lee Physician Group and Ambulatory Care Kris Fay, according to Gulfshore Business. “Hospitals are getting more reserved for critically ill patients.”
