New Emergency Facility opens

July 19, 2018 Star-Courier Front Page 0

THE CROSBY/HUFFMAN CHAMBER participated in the Ribbon Cutting, as well as members of the tails on the facility. Bayshore and HCA staffs, and community members. Seen above, Bayshore CEO Jeanna Bamburg {in pink) cuts the ribbon, with the help of Dr. Alan Lo, Administrator Rachel Rivera, Judge MIke Parrott, who is head of the advisory board, and Denise Smith, Rotary president.
THE CROSBY/HUFFMAN CHAMBER participated in the Ribbon Cutting, as well as members of the Bayshore and HCA staffs, and community members. Seen above, Bayshore CEO Jeanna Bamburg {in pink) cuts the ribbon, with the help of Dr. Alan Lo, Administrator Rachel Rivera, Judge Mike Parrott, who is head of the advisory board, and Denise Smith, Rotary president.

A new Emergency Treatment facility has opened on Beltway 8 East, near Wallisville Road.

A ribbon cutting was held on Monday of this week, to officially open the facility known as “HCA Houston ER-24/7.” The Emergency Room is part of the Bayshore Medical Center, an HCA affiliated hospital.

HCA decided not to reopen their full service hospital, East Houston Medical Center on I-10, after it flooded last year with several feet of water over the first floor. This ruined all the medical equipment, making it too expensive to reopen, and with no guarantee it wouldn’t flood again, according to Jeanna Bamburg, CEO of Bayshore Medical Center.

The new ER is for minnor emergencies, with lab, radiology, and treatment rooms. It is staffed 24 hours, 7 days a week, with doctors and nurses. Major problems can be transferred to Bayshore Hospital. The ER-24/7 is located on the frontage road southbound, and can be reached from the Beltway or Wallisville Road. The official opening was Monday, and the staff is now treating all types of medical problems.

See page 2 for more details on the facility.