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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 ]
The DAR Hospital Corps certified 1,081 nurses for service during the Spanish–American War. DAR later funded pensions for many of these nurses who did not qualify for government pensions. Some of DAR-certified nurses were trained by the American Red Cross , and many others came from religious orders such as the Sisters of Charity, Sisters of ...
The largest strength of the Corps occurred during the Spanish–American War; in June 1898 it contained 133 hospital stewards, 172 acting hospital stewards and 2,940 privates. The peak was reached in November the same year with about 6,000 men serving in the Corps, although about 22,500 were needed.
The Army Nurse Corps originated in 1901, the Dental Corps began in 1911, the Veterinary Corps in 1916, the Medical Service Corps emerged in 1917 (during WW I the Sanitary Corps was created as a temporary organization to relieve U.S. Army physicians from a variety of duties), [3] and the Army Medical Specialist Corps came into existence in 1947. [4]
Ben Taub General Hospital, part of the Harris Health System, Level 1 trauma hospital affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) Houston Methodist Hospital, affiliated with Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine and Weill Cornell Medical College; John Sealy Hospital, Level 1 trauma center affiliated with UTMB at Galveston [1] [2]
Inactivated 30 April 1948 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas Redesignated 19 August 1992 as the 132d Medical Battalion Headquarters, 132d Medical Battalion, redesignated 1 October 2002 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 32d Medical Brigade (remainder of the battalion disbanded); concurrently transferred to the United States Army Medical Command ...
Office of the Surgeon General Medical Command Headquarters [8] Ambassador Program; AMEDD DoD/VA Program Office; U.S. Army Public Health Center, previously known as the U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion & Preventive Medicine (USACHPPM) prior to 1 October 2009; it and the U.S. Army Veterinary Command (VETCOM) were merged in 2011 to create USAPHC.
1938 - new Station Hospital opens with a 418-bed capacity; 1941 to 1945 - Station Hospital expands by converting barracks to hospital wards; 1942 - Station Hospital named Brooke General Hospital; 1942 - psychiatric ward built in Old Station Hospital area; 1945 - 15th Field Artillery Barracks become Annex IV, increasing capacity to 7,800 beds