While Harris County officials are in the middle of discussions about expanding Ben Taub Hospital by acquiring Houston city park land through eminent domain, it could be longer than a decade before the existing hospital gets replaced.
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News of a plan to seize nearly 9 acres of Hermann Park for a hospital expansion quickly drew backlash and some concerns late last month from those who oversee the conservancy for the historic park. Officials with Harris Health System, a public healthcare entity of the county, say the seizure is the only feasible way of addressing yearslong infrastructure and crowding issues in the Level 1 trauma center.
A major expansion of the Ben Taub Hospital in the Texas Medical Center is set to include the seizure of nearly nine acres of land in Hermann Park, once envisioned as a healing garden for patients and visitors.
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A major expansion of the Ben Taub Hospital in the Texas Medical Center is set to include the seizure of nearly nine acres of land in Hermann Park, once envisioned as a healing garden for patients and visitors.
The recent theft of several catalytic converters from employee shuttle vehicles at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is causing route delays but is not affecting patient services, according to the Houston hospital.
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A $150 million donation by the Kinder Foundation will fuel a new healthcare facility focused on combating childhood cancer as part of a joint venture between two of Houston’s largest hospitals.
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Baylor College of Medicine has laid off more than 100 employees as it braces for an expected reduction in federal funding, marking the latest financial belt-tightening for a medical facility in Houston.
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The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, considered a global leader in cancer treatment and research, has implemented a partial hiring freeze.
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The hospital system, which last year served about 187,000 patients in the Texas Medical Center and its other Houston-area locations, said in a statement this week that it’s “prioritizing the hiring of direct patient care positions and has paused hiring for new administrative positions.”
Following allegations that a Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center surgeon manipulated government transplant records, a national organization that manages the distribution of organs flagged the Houston hospital for failing to comply with standards.
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The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network's board of directors on Feb. 20 declared the Houston hospital as a "member not in good standing," the most severe action that the network can take against one of its member hospitals.
Harris County has joined a nationwide legal effort seeking to block funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) made by the administration of President Donald Trump.
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Harris County is part of a coalition of local governments that signed on to an amicus brief filed this week in a federal court in Massachusetts, arguing NIH’s funding cuts are unjustified and would devastate research institutions.
A Brazoria County police officer was shot and injured while responding to a family disturbance call on Wednesday night, officials said.
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The officer was airlifted to the Texas Medical Center. Another woman at the scene of the incident was hospitalized. The conditions of the officer and woman were not immediately known Thursday morning.
David Grayless
Houston Public Media
