Texas Children’s Hospital said it is providing additional capacity through ICU and acute care beds across its campuses to both pediatric and adult patients.
HOUSTON — Texas Children’s Hospital confirmed it is admitting adult patients to free up hospital beds across Houston as cases surge.
In a statement sent to KHOU 11, Texas Children’s Hospital said it is providing additional capacity through ICU and acute care beds across its campuses to both pediatric and adult patients.
Adult patients who have COVID-19 will be cared for in an expanded Special Isolation Unit at Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus. The hospital is also admitting adults who don’t have COVID-19.
“Texas Children’s Hospital, our employees, medical staff and leadership team continue to carefully monitor the ongoing active transmission and increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the greater Houston area and across the State. We are committed to doing our part to assist the city as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise,” the statement read.
The city of Houston has seen an overwhelming increase in COVID-19 patients in the month of June.
On Monday, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said the health department is reporting some of the highest numbers the city has had since the start of the pandemic.
“We are moving very fast and we are moving very fast in the wrong direction,” said Mayor Turner. “The course that we are currently on is not in the best interest of our city or state.”
Dr. Marc Boom, CEO and President of Houston Methodist, and a member of COVID-19 response in the Texas Medical Center said Methodist hospitals have seen triple the amount of COVID-19 patients in the month of June.
“That’s a pretty dramatic uptick with most of it occurring over the last two weeks or so, so we are concerned about an uptick,” he said.
Boom, Turner and other city officials are encouraging residents to mask up when visiting business and when around others who don’t live in your household.
