Houston hospital staff locked out of clinic, treats patients in parking lot
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and last updated 2021-01-21 14:30:55-05
HOUSTON, Texas â Doctors and staff at a Houston area hospital reported to work on January 19, and found the locks on their clinic had been changed and they had no way to enter. Some physicians were forced to see and treat patients in the parking lot because they couldnât get in, according to
According to a notice on the door, The Heights Hospital, largely an outpatient clinic, was closed after its management failed to pay rent. Please be advised that the door locks to the leased premises have been changed and tenant shall be excluded therefrom due to non-payment of rent, the note read, according to
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee visited the hospital Monday. She sent ABC13 the following statement: This morning, I reached out to the representatives of the owners of the loan on the building. The owners are in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. I wanted them to instruct their local counsel to do the right thing, which is to allow doctors to be able to practice in the building for 45 days with the proper procedures in place, so their patients can be treated and that the doctors ultimate move is done orderly. Right now, the owners of this loan are crushing patient care in the area surrounding the Heights community. I ask that these parties get together in the name of good medicine and the dignity of these patients. For that reason, I am in the midst of conversations with all of the representatives and I expect results as soon as possible.
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HOUSTON Doctors and patients at The Heights Hospital want answers. They showed up to work Monday to find the locks had been changed on the building and they were no longer allowed inside.
On Tuesday, some were allowed inside briefly. We have been out here for a few hours before finally, they let us in two at a time to get items out of the building, Family Medicine Physician Dr. Tisha Rowe said.
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Without warning, doctors and patients were locked out of Heights Hospital on Monday. An effort is underway to reopen the neighborhood clinic.Godofredo A. Vásquez, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer
Houston doctors say they were left blindsided after being locked out of the Heights Hospital on Monday. A sudden closure of the Heights Hospital located on 1917 Ashland left hundreds of patients stranded.
A note which was posted on the door stated that the clinic was closed due to back rent. According to the notice posted, doctors would only be given keys when $461,301.24 in rent and fees are paid.