- December 4, 2025
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Scott King and Devika King left West Orange Emergency feeling like superheroes.
Leonardo, a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, greeted guests as soon as they walked through the doors of West Orange Emergency.
Dr. Gideon Logan, the medical director, Deauna Medaris, the nurse manager, and Jonathan Ortiz, a doctor of osteopathic medicine, were thrilled to welcome community members to the new HCA Florida West Orange Emergency.
Logan Binns and O'Brian Binns met Spider-Man during their first stop around West Orange Emergency.
Community members were able to tour the various patient rooms while learning about the services West Orange Emergency will provide once it opens its doors Monday, Aug. 25.
Isla Lancaster loved visiting the various superheroes like Wonder Woman during the open house of West Orange Emergency. "We are so happy to have this in the community," said Kelly Lancaster, Isla's mother.
Emma Jentel checked her baby doll's vitals with a stethoscope. She giggled as she met superheroes and was able to play doctor.
Aubrey Jentel became a superhero at West Orange Emergency as she performed a check-up on her doll. She met other superheroes, such as Wonder Woman and Spider-Man, during the emergency room's open house.
HCA Florida West Orange Emergency will open its doors Monday, Aug. 25.
West Orange Emergency gave out teddy bears to children and provided a room to serve as the teddy bear clinic.
After a visit with Spider-Man and Wonder Woman, Aubrey Jentel and her sister Emma Jentel became superheroes themselves at HCA Florida's new West Orange Emergency.
They took their dolls into one of the exam rooms and used stethoscopes to examine their dolls. Later, they did the same exams with the bears the new freestanding emergency room was giving out during its open house Saturday, Aug. 9.
Families were able to meet superheroes and tour the new $16 million, 11,570-square-foot freestanding emergency room and learn about the services provided before West Orange Emergency opens its doors Monday, Aug. 25 at 1320 Daniels Road in Winter Garden.
The facility will have staff with the ability to provide 24/7, board-certified, expert care in emergency medicine.
Dr. Gideon Lopez, the medical director of West Orange Emergency, said as a Winter Garden resident, he is looking forward to caring for his friends and neighbors in the new facility.
"It'll be great that I can help so close to home and integrate ourselves into the community and become a household name," Lopez said.
Jonathan Ortiz, a doctor of osteopathic medicine, gave guests a tour around the facility.
"I've been hearing that people are excited about the building itself with the layout and design being very patient-centered," he said. "They're happy to have another option and access to emergency room care that won't have long wait times."
Ortiz said for more minor injuries, like sprains and injuries needing stitches, the goal is to have patients out the door within an hour. For more serious issues that require testing, he said the goal is to have patients leave within 90 minutes.
West Orange Emergency has its own equipment to conduct labs in-house, as well as x-ray machines and CT scanners.
