Responding to growing demand for healthcare services, CHRISTUS Health has announced plans to build a new hospital in Southeast Texas.
A nonprofit Catholic organization has announced it is building a new hospital in the Beaumont area, which the organization says is scheduled to open next year.
The new hospital will be built on the former Southeast Texas Medical Center Victory Campus in West Beaumont.
Ernie Sadau, president and CEO of CHRISTUS Health, said in a statement that the region has demonstrated a need for a new hospital in Beaumont, a city of 115,000 people near the Louisiana border.
“As the need for health care grows in Southeast Texas and the surrounding region, we continue to expand our services to ensure our community members receive the innovative, faith-based health care they expect and deserve,” Sadau said in a statement. “We know consumers have a choice about where they receive care, and ideally they should receive care close to home.”
CHRISTOS Health has outlined plans for the campus, which will span nearly six acres. The hospital will include emergency rooms, operating rooms and medical offices. The system also promises to offer a full range of orthopedic care and state-of-the-art robotic surgery.
Paul Trevino, CEO of CHRISTUS Southeast Texas Health System, said he looks forward to meeting the region’s need for health care services and continuing the organization’s “mission of healing.”
“We know that residents of Beaumont, Port Arthur and the surrounding areas want to take advantage of our health care system and the excellent care we provide,” Trevino said in a statement.
The Beaumont campus of the former Southeast Texas Medical Center was previously owned by Steward Healthcare, which is set to close the hospital in February 2024. Steward cited low utilization as the reason for closing the facility, KBMT-TV reported. Steward, a for-profit system based in Dallas, filed for bankruptcy in the spring and is selling the hospital.
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