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Current logo Harris County Hospital District logo (prior to 2012). 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.
In 1962, the Texas Heart Institute was chartered and became affiliated with Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center (known then as St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital) and Texas Children's Hospital. Ben Taub General Hospital of the Harris Health System (known then as Harris County Hospital District) opened in 1963.
The original Ben Taub hospital opened in May 1963 [5] and was closed [6] when the current Ben Taub opened on January 12, 1990. [7] The hospital district intended to renovate the old Ben Taub and have two new additional hospitals opened, but the hospital district encountered financial difficulties in the 1990s.
Oct. 17—Saving lives and getting care quicker to those outside the city limits is top of mind when it comes to the MCH ballot measure, according to supporters. It will help spread the cost of ...
Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital. It was established in 1977. [4]In August 2009 the Memorial Hermann Hospital System announced that it planned to sell its Southwest Hospital to the Harris County Hospital District (HCHD), which had plans to make the hospital its third general hospital. [5]
In August 2009 Memorial Hermann Hospital announced that it planned to sell its Southwest Hospital in Greater Sharpstown to the Harris County Hospital District, with plans to make the hospital its third general hospital. [11] However, the county withdrew its bid in September 2009. [12]
The desire for a public hospital district comes as consolidation and staffing shortages have left a scarcity of providers in Kitsap County offering primary, prenatal, mental health and other kinds ...
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.