HCA Florida’s two freestanding emergency rooms – one of them opens Monday – are part of a wave of new facilities.
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Lakeland Residents Learn ‘Mental Health First Aid’ Ahead of Holidays
Pay attention to changes in loved ones’ appearance, thinking, emotional state or behavior, program says.
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Lakeland Notifies 24,000 Households of Possible, But Unlikely, Lead Water Pipes
Service lines of homes built before 1977 will be inspected as part of a federally mandated lead pipe inventory.
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Lakeland’s Lakes Have Recovered from Massive Wastewater Spills, City Says
Fecal coliform and E. coli levels were more than six times the contamination threshold in some lakes, but they have returned to normal.
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Some Polk County Families Face Hunger After Hurricane Food Spoilage
About 1 in 7 Polk County residents is ‘food insecure,’ making power-related food losses even more difficult.
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5 Million Gallons and Counting: Lakeland Tallies Wastewater Spills Caused by Milton
The massive surge of water sent sewage into at least six waterways.
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Closure of Septic Waste Dump Creates Hardship for Polk Haulers, Homeowners
Lakeland is about to launch a two-year ‘septic-to-sewer’ feasibility study, but conversion is costly.