{"id":573126,"date":"2026-04-09T04:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T04:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/573126\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T04:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T04:00:14","slug":"houston-methodist-expands-emergency-care-in-texas-with-new-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/573126\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Methodist expands emergency care in Texas with new center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new 11,900-square-foot facility will include 10 exam rooms, on-site imaging like CT scans, X-rays and ultrasound, a diagnostic lab, a pharmacy and a physician on site 24\/7, according to the hospital system. Officials say the $17 million project is part of a broader push by Houston Methodist to expand access across the region, particularly in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chron.com\/news\/houston-texas\/article\/houston-popular-neighborhoods-21126715.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\"> fast-growing areas outside Houston&#8217;s urban core<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The facility will also include features designed to reduce wait times, including separate check-in areas and dedicated outpatient access for imaging services.<\/p>\n<p>As population growth continues to push outward from Houston, demand for nearby medical care has followed.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday&#8217;s groundbreaking is meant to bring that expansion one step closer, particularly for residents in Baytown and surrounding areas like Mont Belvieu.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Expanding access to high-quality emergency care for residents of Baytown, Mont Belvieu, and neighboring areas remains a central priority,&#8221; said Adrienne Joseph, CEO of Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital and senior vice president of Houston Methodist.<\/p>\n<p>Construction for Baytown Methodist Hospital is estimated to be completed in mid-2027.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The new 11,900-square-foot facility will include 10 exam rooms, on-site imaging like CT scans, X-rays and ultrasound, a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":573127,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[138621,138622,97,252,253],"class_list":["post-573126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-care","tag-chronnews","tag-chronstaff","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}