HOUSTON — Three Memorial Hermann emergency rooms will be closing in the Houston area due to the surge in COVID-19 cases.
The hospital system said that the rooms are closing "due to the continued COVID-19 surge and its ongoing impact to our system's operations."
The 24-hour emergency rooms at the following convenient care centers closed at 5 p.m. Monday:
- Memorial Hermann Convenient Care Center in Kingwood, located at 4533 Kingwood Drive
- Memorial Hermann Convenient Care Center in Spring, located at 7474 N Grand Parkway W
- Memorial Hermann Convenient Care Center at Sienna, located at 8780 Hwy 6 Ste B
Memorial Hermann said the emergency rooms will be closed until further notice.
Patients who are currently receiving treatment at the locations will be discharged or transferred to another facility.
Read Memorial Hermann's statement below:
Earlier this afternoon, Memorial Hermann made the difficult decision to temporarily close three of its off-site 24-Hour Emergency Rooms at its Convenient Care Centers in Kingwood, Spring and Sienna.
As COVID-19 continues to rapidly surge in the Greater Houston area, and with hospitalizations exceeding prior surge volumes, our workforce is being pushed to the limit.
We are actively pursuing all solutions to help ease the burden on our hardworking frontline staff and ensure that we continue providing safe, high-quality care to all those who need it.
Closing these locations allows us to reassign the staff to other Memorial Hermann locations where their help is critically needed. It also eliminates the need to transfer these patients to the main hospital for admission, if necessary.
Memorial Hermann is committed to doing everything we can to ensure we have the necessary resources to help respond to this surge and be there for all those who need our care. But the situation is very serious, and all Houstonians should be concerned. To reverse this devastating trend, we need every member of the community to take swift action: please do your part and if you are eligible to get vaccinated, do so as soon as possible. At this point, this is a disease of the unvaccinated and it is preventable if people just get vaccinated.