Estero hopes new health facility will relieve need for hospital

A major new health facility later this year to Estero, where residents have been demanding a hospital for over a decade. Lee Health applied to the State of Florida for the right to build a hospital in Estero several years ago, but the request was denied. The new $140 million building is being built to be flexible. "We would be able to build an 80-bed hospital on the same land," a Lee Health spokesperson said.