GALVESTON — The renowned Shriners Hospital for Children-Galveston, which early this year had appeared destined to close for good, is preparing to open next month for the first time since its first floor was flooded by Hurricane Ike.
The hospital, a world leader in burn research and source of the foremost textbook on burn treatment, is tentatively scheduled to reopen Nov. 8, said Tommy Lambright of the hospital's governing board.
“It's been a long journey,” said Lambright, a leader in a rank-and-file revolt that overturned a decision by the combined boards of the International Shriners and Shriners Hospitals for Children to keep the hospital closed after the Sept. 13, 2008, storm.
The more than 1,000 Shriners attending the July national convention in San Antonio voted overwhelmingly to overturn the leadership's decision to close the burn hospital.
The first two Shriners' patients since Ike are being treated in beds at the University of Texas Medical Branch's Blocker Burn Unit, connected to the Shriners hospital by a walkway that spans the street between buildings, said Dr. David Herndon. Herndon is both Shriners chief of staff and head of the Blocker unit.
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The hospital, a world leader in burn research and source of the foremost textbook on burn treatment, is tentatively scheduled to reopen Nov. 8, said Tommy Lambright of the hospital's governing board.
“It's been a long journey,” said Lambright, a leader in a rank-and-file revolt that overturned a decision by the combined boards of the International Shriners and Shriners Hospitals for Children to keep the hospital closed after the Sept. 13, 2008, storm.
The more than 1,000 Shriners attending the July national convention in San Antonio voted overwhelmingly to overturn the leadership's decision to close the burn hospital.
The first two Shriners' patients since Ike are being treated in beds at the University of Texas Medical Branch's Blocker Burn Unit, connected to the Shriners hospital by a walkway that spans the street between buildings, said Dr. David Herndon. Herndon is both Shriners chief of staff and head of the Blocker unit.
Galveston's Shriners Hospital to reopen next month | Bay Area News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle