
Memorial Hermann Hospital - TMC
'Memorial Hermann Healthcare System' is composed of two separate hospital systems which formed in the late 1990s when the Memorial and Hermann systems joined. Both the Memorial and Hermann health care systems started in the early
1900s.
The 'Memorial Hospital System' was started in
1907 by The 'Rev. Dennis Pevoto' who purchased an 18-bed
sanitarium in downtown Houston, calling it the Baptist Sanitorium. By the time he retired, it had become Memorial Hospital System, a 200-bed facility.
'George H. Hermann' died in
1914, leaving a large portion of his $2.6m estate for building and maintaining a hospital for the poor and sick of Houston. 'Hermann Hospital' opened its doors in
1925, it also started a school of nursing that same year.
The '"Memorial Hermann"' name was first used on Nov. 4,
1997 after the Hermann Healthcare System and Memorial Healthcare System completed their merger, becoming the largest
not-for-profit health care system in the nation.
'Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center' (formerly known as 'Hermann Hospital' before the 1997 merger with Memorial Health Care System) was opened in
1925. It is a
hospital with a
Level I trauma center rating located in
Houston, Texas inside the
Texas Medical Center; however, it is only one of a large system of hospitals and clinics located in and around Houston, in various neighborhoods as well as some
suburbs.
This particular hospital is the one most commonly referred to, especially by the media as '"Memorial Hermann Hospital"' although there are several others bearing the same name. The different hospitals are distinguished by further designation indicating their location. (Texas Medical Center, Northwest, Southwest, Woodlands, etc.)
The
Texas Medical Center hospital is home to 'Memorial Hermann
Life Flight', an emergency and critical-care-transport
aeromedical service. Founded in
1976, LifeFlight was one of the first aeromedical services in the
United States.
Memorial Hermann is served by the
Memorial Hermann Hospital-Houston Zoo Station of the
METRORail Red Line.
External links
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Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center
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Memorial Hermann LifeFlight
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Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital
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Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital
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Memorial Hermann Memorial City Hospital
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Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital
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Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital
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Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital
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Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital
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Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital
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Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital
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Full list of locations and facilities