Marcy and Tom Wessel generously opened their lovely home to host the Harris County Hospital District Foundation’s Eleventh Annual Silver Tea on May 10th. The Silver Tea raises funds in support of the Harris County Hospital District’s nursing staff. Proceeds from the event benefit the Nursing Leadership Fund, which provides assistance for nursing continuing education as well as for nursing research initiatives conducted and coordinated by the Hospital District’s professional nurses.

Dr. Mattox presented with flags in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. On September 11, 2011, U.S. Army Captain Robin Riggs, RN, presented Foundation Trustee & Ben Taub General Hospital Chief of Staff Dr. Kenneth L. Mattox with American flags flown over Iraq and Afghanistan during combat operations. The flags were presented to Dr. Mattox to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The flag flown in Afghanistan, pictured, was raised…

The Harris County Hospital District is modernizing and upgrading its facilities to meet and expand our community’s needs. In the last two years, the Hospital District has opened the El Franco Lee Community Health Center and Eligibility Center, the MLK Community Health Center and Eligibility Center, the Pediatric and Adolescent Community Health Center and completed construction on the new LBJ General Hospital Emergency Center. The Hospital District has also recently broken ground on the Smith…