Hospital in Houston’s Texas Medical Center to close

The Shriners Hospital for Children will close its Houston location in the Texas Medical Center, our partners at KHOU 11 report.

Shriners will consolidate its TMC location into its Galveston branch in 2021. All services offered in the TMC location will be offered in Galveston, and Shriners hopes to move as many TMC employees as possible to Galveston.

Mel Bower, director of marketing for Shriners, told KHOU that the consolidation aims to make services more efficient for patients who shuttle back…