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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 ]
Between 2010 and 2021, the American Hospital Association reported that there were 136 rural hospital closures around the country. This year, nearly one-third of the remaining rural hospitals could ...
Hermann Hospital opened its doors in 1925, it also started a school of nursing that same year. Hermann Hospital in the 1920s. Hermann Hospital was the first to operate in the neighborhood which later became the Texas Medical Center. In 1943 this hospital was the first in Texas to receive a shipment of the new wonder drug, penicillin.
The hospital founded Life Flight in 1976 as the first air ambulance service in Texas; today, Life Flight is the only hospital-based air ambulance serving Houston and surrounding communities. Physicians affiliated with the hospital performed the first successful liver transplant in Houston and were the first in the nation to perform a living ...
The complex is located at the intersection of Interstate 69/U.S. Route 59 (Southwest Freeway) and Beechnut. [6] The hospital has space for 594 patients. [4] The complex includes a hospital building and centers for cancer, outpatient imaging, surgery, and vascular services.
The hospital opened in 1971 as Memorial City General Hospital and took its current name in 1988. As of 2007 it had 527 beds and cares for over 25,000 patients per year. [3] In July 2006 the hospital system and MetroNational Corp. announced plans to build the Memorial Hermann Tower. [4]
Dr. Elaine Batchlor, chief executive of MLK Community Healthcare, walks around the exterior of the emergency department at MLK Community Hospital in South Los Angeles on Jan. 2, 2023.
St. Joseph Medical Center (SJMC) is a general acute care hospital in Houston, Texas owned by Steward Health Care. Established in June 1887, SJMC is recognized as the first hospital in Houston. A new hospital was constructed in 1894, but was destroyed by fire soon thereafter. The hospital was rebuilt and it underwent major expansions in 1905 and ...