The $3.2 billion Lee Health recently converted from being a publicly operated system to a private nonprofit system to be more competitive against for-profit systems, such as HCA Healthcare Florida, ...

A ground-breaking ceremony took place on Jan. 27. When finished, the hospital will be the largest medical campus Lee Health has ever built.

Many of the Lee Memorial employees will move to the new campus, board Chairwoman Donna Clarke said. Clarke said the new hospital is the largest medical campus that Lee Health has built in its 107 ...