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Health news: People on the move in Polk s medical community
The Ledger
WINTER HAVEN HOSPITAL
Winter Haven Hospital s Bostick Structural Heart Team completed its first MitraClip procedure. The MitraClip repairs a condition called mitral regurgitation. When the mitral valve fails to close completely, it can cause blood to flow backward through the heart. Left untreated, mitral regurgitation can lead to serious complications, including heart failure. This approach helps patients avoid open-heart procedures, meaning they can recover and resume their normal lives sooner. Offering such services is a direct benefit of the expansion of Winter Haven Hospital s cardiac program, especially the addition of the hybrid catheterization lab.
Few would question that this past year of the pandemic has been a difficult one for schools, and for the school boards that oversee them.
Through uncounted stormy meetings, difficult decisions, and always someone unhappy about them, each school board has tried to navigate its best course for both safety and optimizing education.
Perhaps that explains why incumbents comprise only a little more than 15 percent of the 64 candidates running in the May 18 primary for the 38 open seats on the nine school boards in The Mercury coverage area.
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May 3 is the last day to register to vote in this year s primary.