In Houston, Most Hospitals 'Up And Fully Functional'
In the past few days, Southeast Texas's catastrophic medical operations center has faced challenges like they've never seen before in keeping the health care system functioning.
In southeastern Texas, about two dozen hospitals remained closed as of mid-afternoon Wednesday, and several Houston hospitals remain under threat of flooding from nearby reservoirs.
But things are looking up. Some hospitals that evacuated have reopened and others are restoring services they temporarily suspended. Many never closed at all.
A catastrophic medical operations center, housed within Houston's emergency center, has been coordinating with hospitals throughout the storm and continues to field calls about patients needing evacuation or immediate medical attention.
All Things host Kelly McEvers spoke with Darrell Pile, CEO of the , which runs the catastrophic medical operations center.
