Palmetto General Hospitals Chief Executive Officer Ralph A. Aleman (second from left) is joined by city leaders, physicians and hospital staff members to celebrate the grand opening and ribbon cutting of the hospitals new $4.3 million emergency department. The 19,400 square-foot department has 46 treatment beds and is nearly double the size of the previous facility. Pictured from left to right is Ben A. Rodriguez, chief nursing officer; Aleman; Rakesh Mittal, MD, pediatric ER medical director; Mayor Wayne Slaton, Town of Miami Lakes; Mayor Julio Robaina, City of Hialeah; Alan Altman, MD, ER medical director; Silvia Rodriguez, emergency services director; and Alex Contreras-Soto, chief operating officer.
