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The City of Houston Health Department operates two clinics in the Northside: Nueva Casa de Amigos ("New House of Friends"), [9] and Northside. [10] The Houston Housing Authority (HHA) operates the following public housing complexes in Northside: Fulton Village, [11] Heatherbrook Apartments, [12] Irvinton Village, [13] and Oxford Place. [14]
In the report by the Texas Department of State Health Services, Assessment of the Occurrence of Cancer Houston, Texas 2000–2016, [1] it was found that when comparing the cancer analysis of the Fifth Ward to other areas within Texas and Houston, several cancers were statistically greater than what would be expected in an uncontaminated area.
In 2010 the city began to establish a community garden at the Sunnyside center to provide area residents with vegetables and other nutritious foods. [26] During the 1997 Mayor of Houston election, 99% of Sunnyside voters voted for Lee P. Brown. [46] The Houston Health Department operates the Sunnyside Health Center in Sunnyside. [47]
The Houston Health Department is responding to an outbreak of syphilis in Houston and Harris Counties. There's been a sharp increase in cases among women.
The Houston Health Department said it would distribute 400 free portable air conditioners to area seniors, people with disabilities and caregivers of disabled children to contend with the heat.
The Harris Health System, previously the Harris County Hospital District (HCHD), is a governmental entity with taxing authority that owns and operates three hospitals and numerous clinics throughout Harris County, Texas, United States, including the city of Houston.
Prominent local businessman George H. Hermann died in 1914, leaving a large portion of his $2.6 million estate for building and maintaining a hospital for the poor and sick of Houston. [citation needed] The City of Houston annexed the site of Hermann Hospital in 1922, adding about 1,000 acres (400 ha) of land to the city limits. [7]
This is a list of hospitals in the Houston area sorted by name. There are more than 80 hospitals in Harris County and more than 125 in the Greater Houston area. [1] Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center; Ben Taub Hospital; Clear Lake Regional Medical Center; Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center; HCA Houston Healthcare; Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital