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Houston hospitals may not be back to normal for a month

Amid evacuation of 1,500 patients from Houston hospitals, officials are cautioning that it may be weeks before facilities are back to business as usual.
People make their way out of a flooded Houston neighborhood on Monday.

Amid the evacuation of approximately 1,500 patients from Houston-area hospitals, officials are commending the emergency response by health providers — while also cautioning that it may be weeks before the facilities are back to business as usual.

The SouthEast Texas Regional Advisory Council — which has overseen catastrophic medical operations since as part of Houston’s emergency command center — estimates

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