Harris County officials to take legal action after TCEQ approves permit for concrete-crushing plant near LBJ Hospital
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee announced that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality approved a permit for a concrete crushing facility to be built near LBJ Hospital. The action has prompted legal action from county officials.
Elected officials discuss concrete crushing company near LBJ Hospital
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee will join elected officials to make remarks regarding an application for a company to construct a rock and concrete crushing facility next to Harris Healthโs Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) Hospital, which is a 215 licensed-bed acute care facility providing full medical services.
The cost of gun violence and accidental shootings
June is Gun Violence Awareness month and data from the State Comptrollerโs Office shows Texas spends tens of millions of dollars helping victims of this crime. However, data from the Harris Health system shows accidental shootings also have a heavy financial impact.
Kingwood woman relieved to learn more resources coming to Texas after her husband with COVID waited 4 days for ICU bed
Harris County commissioners on Tuesday approved a $30 million dollar COVID-19 initiative to bring out-of-state nurses in to help overloaded hospitals in the county due to the COVID surge.
Power outage leaves health officials scrambling to administer 5,400 doses of coronavirus vaccine
HOUSTON โ Harris County health officials scrambled Monday to administer 8,430 doses of the coronavirus vaccine after a power outage caused some of the vials to thaw. That led to 8,430 doses of the Moderna vaccine to thaw. County officials contacted Moderna and were given guidance from the vaccine-maker that the remaining doses could be refrigerated and used later. Houston Methodistโs statementIn a statement, Houston Methodist officials said they had received 1,000 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from the batch of thawed shots. AdโWe didnโt waste a drop,โ said Robert Schwartz, executive vice president of Houston Methodist Hospital.
After 60-year career, Dr. Kenneth Mattox steps down as chief at Ben Taub Hospital
HOUSTON โ A big congratulations to Dr. Kenneth Mattox, the chief of staff at Ben Taub General Hospital, who announced he will be retiring from his position there soon. This vision ultimately shaped what Ben Taub is today. During a 2018 interview, Dr. Mattox explained the hospitalโs history of training military surgeons, a legacy that lives on today. โThey would take their cellphone, put it into the wound and say โwhat do I do with this kind of injury?โโ Dr. Mattox explained. โIn the last five years, weโve been the top three... of all the trauma centers in the United States!โ Dr. Mattox said.
Former resident speaks out about unlicensed disabled and elderly group home where residents lived in fear
She said residents lived in fear of violence from the homeโs owner and other managers. Cynthia Jackson, 60, said she had nowhere else to go in August 2019, after she was released from Ben Taub Hospitalโs psychiatric ward. โThe caseworker (at Ben Taub) told me that they were going to call the group home,โ she said. Jackson said many of the residents at the group homes where she lived between August 2019 and August 2020 came from Ben Taub Hospital. If they had an income and Ben Taub would send them there, he would say 'put 'em somewhere,โ Jackson said.