Houston Hospitals hit by flooding from Harvey

Editor's Note

Flooding from Hurricane Harvey is pushing some Houston hospitals to close or evacuate, the August 27 Modern Healthcare reports.

Baylor College of Medicine and clinics closed Sunday, August 27, as did all Texas Children’s Hospital’s pediatrics practices and urgent care locations.

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s would be closed Monday, August 28.

Critical care facilities at Texas Medical Center were operating normally on Sunday, but many access points were underwater.

Flooding in the basement of Ben Taub Hospital was forcing evacuations.

Accounting firm RSM US estimates the damages of Harvey will exceed $40 billion.

Hurricane Harvey, which killed two people and devastated parts of Texas this weekend was causing some hospitals to close or evacuate because of flooding and still-dangerous weather. Baylor College of Medicine and its clinics closed on Sunday, as did all Texas Children's Pediatrics practices and Texas Children's Urgent Care locations.