Inside the Bay Area (Free subscription) | yesterday
Two weeks ago, I paid Galveston Island a personal visit. I figured it was time. With visiting family along for the ride, we drove down the seawall and around some of the areas hard hit by Ike. I was impressed...
Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Last we heard, the medical center devastated from Hurricane Ike was facing a very difficult recovery . In November, massive layoffs were announced. MedPage Today went to Texas and found that the news was not all bad: "They hope to reopen John Sealy Hospital for acute care -- for good -- within a week. Obstetrics and newborn services returned to UTMB a month ago and will remain in operation, as those...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
Coastal homeowners with questions about the 4.5-foot line of elevation, FEMA buyouts or other permitting issues can get answers at the General Land Office’s mobile Hurricane Response Information Unit, which will be on scene in Galveston Dec. 4, 5 and 6 at Jamaica Beach City Hall, 16628 San Luis Pass Road, Jamaica Beach.
FREE BLOG SHARE (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Galveston’s maximal employer, a Lincoln hospital, module revilement 3,800 jobs. Source:Hit by hurricane Ike and unheralded layoffs, town ponders its feat
PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Christian Science Monitor: This island city has a long history of rebounding from nature's most devastating blows. It withstood the hurricane of 1900, the country's deadliest ever, and is in the midst of picking up the pieces after hurricane Ike's furious assault in September. But Galvestonians didn't expect the next storm. Last month the city's largest employer, the University of Texas Medical...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
GALVESTON, Texas, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The John Sealy Hospital in Galveston, Texas, may never fully recover from damage caused by Hurricane Ike, officials say. The hospital, part of the University of Texas Medical Branch, was flooded by the Sept. 13 storm, affecting its blood bank, pharmacy, laboratory and kitchens and causing $710 million in damage. Its emergency trauma center is closed,...
Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
The John Sealy Hospital in Galveston, Texas, may never fully recover from damage caused by Hurricane Ike, officials say. The hospital, part of the University of Texas Medical Branch, was flooded by the Sept. 13 storm, affecting its blood bank, pharmacy, laboratory and kitchens and causing $710 million in damage. Its emergency trauma center is closed, forcing patients to be taken 50 miles to...
Facing South (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
... were tenured or tenure-track faculty, according to the full list of fired faculty obtained by the Galveston County Daily News under the Texas Public Information Act. Johnson also charged that the firings are part of efforts to move the medical school away from Galveston Island and closer to Houston, where it would serve wealthier consumers of private health care. The regents said...
Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Galveston's largest employer, a university hospital, will cut 3,800 jobs.
Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Oyster fishermen operating at Galveston Bay in Texas are struggling due to an inordinate amount of debris left by Hurricane Ike, experts say.The Houston Chronicle said Monday at least 60 percent of this year's oyster crop from the bay is estimated to have been killed by the debris, leaving those in the oyster industry facing an uncertain future.When oysters stay buried so long, they will die....
USA Today (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Two months after Hurricane Ike ravaged this Gulf Coast city, Galveston is struggling to resurrect itself amid a sour economy. ...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Even when fishermen manage to avoid junk left by the storm, they're not scooping up the mountains of fresh oysters they are accustomed to seeing.
USA Today (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
"I'm not sure if any health care institution in the country has gone through anything like this."— Karen Sexton, UTMB health system's chief executive officer By Richard J. Carson for USA TODAYBrian Zachariah, chief of emergency services for the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, sits in an unused Level 1 trauma treatment room.Galveston-area hospitals still swamped by hurricaneBy...
South Texas Chisme (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
One hundred and fourteen West End houses are now on the public beach, based on the tentative line of vegetation set by the Texas General Land Office two weeks ago. Sixty-five more houses were destroyed when Hurricane Ike came ashore Sept. 13, chewing away the island’s shore and leaving a trail of destruction along much of the upper Texas coast. Those property owners are counting on federal Hazard Mitigation...
The Eagle Texas and Region (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
GALVESTON -- Expecting an influx of lawsuits related to Hurricane Ike, Galveston County judges are developing plans to expedite cases and hopefully avoid some o ...
