Medical care in rural Florida is limited. But federal funding through the Rural Health Transformation Program is expected to expand the scope of services for those in Hendry and Glades counties.
As it stands, family medicine and OB-GYN services are available at a Lee Health Clinic in LaBelle just one day a week.
But a $1.95 million infusion from the $50 billion program initiated last year will expand the site to include a walk-in urgent care clinic and a medical lab…