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He and other hospital CEOs met regularly with Mayor Lenny Curry and collaborated on pandemic response. "Dr. Haley meant so much to so many people and to Jacksonville," Curry said on Twitter. "Losing him is tragic and painful. I’m praying for his family. I always enjoyed our professional interactions but really enjoyed him as a person. We often talked about our families." Baptist Health CEO Michael Mayo said on Twitter that he was "very saddened at the loss" of a friend and colleague. "His passing is not only a personal loss but a huge loss to our friends at UF Health and to the greater J...

UF Health Jacksonville CEO dies: Dr. Leon Haley Jr. led area's COVID-19 response UF Health Jacksonville was the first local hospital to receive shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine, Dr. Haley, a physician, was the first in line there to get the shot Author: Florida Times-Union, Beth Reese Cravey Published: 7/24/2021 8:10:42 PM Updated: 8:15 PM EDT July 24, 2021 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Dr. Leon L. Haley Jr., CEO of UF Health Jacksonville since 2018 and leader of the local medical community's COVID-19 response, died Saturday. "It is with great sadness...

Doctors, city leaders react to death of UF Health Jacksonville CEO Many physicians and agencies around Jacksonville released statements showing appreciation for Dr. Leon Haley's hard work and leadership during the pandemic. Author: First Coast News Staff Published: 7:11 PM EDT July 24, 2021 Updated: 11:58 PM EDT July 24, 2021 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — UF Health Jacksonville is mourning the loss of CEO Dr. Leon L. Haley Jr., according to a statement released Saturday. The specific details of his death have not been released at this time. UF Health i...

"I will be frank and tell you we’ve had some of those same hesitancy questions even amongst our own staff," Haley said in a conference call with area elected officials and community leaders. "We’re barely just over 50 to 60 percent of our staff that are vaccinated at this point and it’s creating its own unique challenges." He said he walked through the UF Health campus on Friday with a pharmacist talking to employees who hadn't been vaccinated, offering to give them the shot on the spot. Haley said among patients being treated at UF Health Jacksonville, 90 percent did not get the vacci...

UF Health Jacksonville reports 1,000% surge in COVID cases in 5 weeks Updated:  UF Health Jacksonville reports 1,000% surge in COVID cases in 5 weeks JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – During a telephone conference with city and state leaders Friday, leadership at UF Health Jacksonville reported a sobering statistic. According to Dr. Leon Haley, CEO of UF Health Jacksonville, the hospital has seen a 1,000% increase in cases since June 18. He said the next few weeks are going to be rough. As of Friday, 150 people are hospitalized at UF Health Jacksonville with COVID-19. At one point in June, there were o...