FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) – YMCA of South Florida and Broward Health broke ground for a new family center coming to Fort Lauderdale.<\/p>\n
In an unprecedented partnership, the first of its kind across the country, YMCA South Florida and Broward Health have teamed up to begin constructing a new YMCA family center at Holiday Park. The City of Fort Lauderdale donated three-and-a-half acres of land to help make it happen.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo better partner, no better marriage, than the YMCA and Broward Health to make sure cardiac health and overall fitness and wellness are being taken care of under one roof,\u201d said Broward Health CEO Shane Strum.<\/p>\n
The health and wellness facility will offer an indoor basketball court, an aquatics center with a six-lane pool and several youth sports, after-school and summer camp programs for children.<\/p>\n
\u201cBroward Health will be building a free-standing emergency department so that in case of any emergency here on east Fort Lauderdale, boom, you\u2019re in, you\u2019re out, you\u2019re gonna have full diagnostics care. It\u2019s just amazing, and then the Y\u2019s job is to keep you out of the emergency room,\u201d said YMCA South Florida CEO Sheryl Woods.<\/p>\n
The health emergency department will be equipped for CT scans, X-rays, lab work and exam areas staffed by board-certified emergency physicians.<\/p>\n
Both facilities are expected to serve more than 25,000 children and families annually.<\/p>\n
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