3 Houston-area emergency rooms shutter due to COVID-19 surge
Memorial Hermann, one of the largest not-for-profit health systems in southeast Texas, said Monday it was forced to close three of its 24-hour emergency rooms in the Houston area "due to the continued COVID-19 surge."
The emergency rooms inside Memorial Hermann's convenient care centers in the Kingwood, Spring and Sienna neighborhoods will remain closed "until further notice."
"Patients who are currently receiving care inside any of these Emergency Rooms will be safely discharged or transferred to another Memorial Hermann facility," the health system said in an announcement on its website. "Members of our community who require emergent care should proceed to another nearby Emergency Center for assistance."
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