Harris Health System marks pandemic milestone, discharging only COVID-19 patient as new variant appears
At the peak of the pandemic, construction crew set up tents to deal with overflow COVID-19 patients outside Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital on Monday, Aug. 9, 2021, in Houston.For local Harris County healthcare workers, Good Friday marked a milestone.
The Harris Health System discharged its only COVID-19 patient from the Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital Friday afternoon, according to a tweet from the system's president and CEO Dr. Esmaeil Porsa. That gave the hospital zero COVID-19 patients for the first time since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, the health service stated.
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