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First Sea Turtle Hospital In South Florida • dental care and dentures (with only a few
exceptions)
To Install An On-Site CT Machine • cosmetic surgery
• custodial care (help with bathing, dressing, using
the bathroom, and eating) at home or in a nursing home
• health care while traveling outside of the United
Loggerhead Marinelife CT machine allows us to make faster and more accurate States (except in limited cases)
Center (LMC) has become diagnoses, leading to more effective treatment and better • eye care—routine exams, eye refractions, and most
the first sea turtle hospital outcomes for our patients.” eyeglasses
in South Florida to install For more information on Loggerhead Marinelife • hearing aids, hearing exams, and hearing tests that
an on-site, cutting-edge Center and their rehabilitation efforts, visit marinelife. haven’t been ordered by a doctor
computer tomography org/rehabilitation. • long-term care, such as that delivered in most
(CT) machine. Generously Photos courtesy of Michael Albanese nursing homes (custodial care)
donated by The Cornelia T. • orthopedic shoes (with only a few exceptions)
Bailey Foundation, the new • outpatient prescription drugs (with only a few
machine will significantly exceptions)
increase LMC’s ability to • routine foot care (with only a few exceptions)
treat more sick and injured • routine physical exams (beyond the annual wellness
sea turtles in an efficient visits)
and less intrusive manner. • screening tests (with some exceptions)
CT imaging is quickly • shots (vaccinations—except those approved)
becoming the standard of • some diabetic supplies (like syringes or insulin unless
care for ill or injured sea it is used with an external insulin pump)
turtles, offering a level of • first three pints of blood
detail that cannot be seen using other methods. CT scans • additional charges for a private hospital room
often produce 3-D renderings that can reveal lesions • private nursing care
or tumors missed by radiographs or ultrasounds. This • skilled nursing care costs beyond 100 days a year
information can be vital to creating an effective treatment • meals delivered to the home
plan for sick and injured sea turtles. • medical charges billed by relatives
LMC’s Animal Care Center has a surgical suite, an • personal comfort items
upgraded X-ray room, a lab for blood work, an endoscope, • intermediate care
and an ultrasound. Each year, hundreds of sea turtles are • custodial care
examined and treated at the center. With the addition of the Medicare Advantage Plans or Supplements can fill in
new CT machine, Dr. Heather Barron, LMC’s chief science the gaps that Medicare does not cover in most instances.
officer, will be able to successfully treat and release more sea Call today for your free, no hassle consultation. I can
turtles with fibropapillomatosis (FP). This highly contagious meet with you one on one or virtually. I am here to help
virus causes the growth of benign, but obstructive tumors find the best plan for your needs today!
within and outside the sea turtle’s body, leading to death if I speak Medicare: Supplement, Drug Plan and
not removed. LMC is now one of only nine hospitals in the Advantage Plan.
state of Florida capable of treating FP patients. For your free Medicare Plan review please call me.
“We are so grateful to the Bailey Foundation for Kathy Olejniczak, Agent, at (561) 835-5413 or cell/text
their generous support,” said Dr. Heather Barron, chief (561) 212-7640.
science officer at Loggerhead Marinelife Center. “The

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