In 2013, Miami-Dade voters approved a separate $830 million bond program for major upgrades to the facility.

Jackson Memorial is home to Holtz Children's Hospital, which has 254 licensed beds and cares for children—newborn to 21 years old—with everything from common ailments to multi-organ transplants.

[6] In 2007,[7] Jackson Memorial Hospital denied a lesbian, Janice Langbehn, access to her partner of 17 years as she was dying of an aneurysm.

"[10] The presiding judge, Adalberto Jordan, dismissed the case, stating that Langbehn had no relief under Florida law.

[9] Two days after Jackson's announcement, in part as a result of Langbehn's story, President Barack Obama issued a memorandum ordering hospitals receiving Medicare and Medicaid funding to allow patients to decide who can visit them and prohibit discrimination, including sexual orientation and gender identity.