Editing Spring Branch, Houston (section)

==Health care==
[[File:SpringBranchMedicalCenter.JPG|thumb|Spring Branch Medical Center]]
The Spring Branch Medical Center, located in Spring Branch, was the first hospital outside of the [[Texas Medical Center]] to perform [[open heart surgery]].<ref name="Wollamlayoff">Wollam, Allison. "[http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2010/03/22/daily4.html Spring Branch med center lays off 720]." ''[[Houston Business Journal]]''. March 22, 2010. Retrieved on March 25, 2010.</ref>
As the owners of the Spring Branch Medical Center attempted to sell the facility to the Harris County Hospital District (now [[Harris Health System]]), the owners announced that the hospital would close by May 1, 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/health/6915403.html|last1=Ackerman|first1=Todd|title=Spring Branch Medical Center to close|work=Houston Chronicle|date=March 16, 2010|access-date=March 16, 2010}}</ref> Because the hospital was ending inpatient services, it announced that it was laying off 720 employees. As of March 2010 it employed 509 full-time employees and 211 part-time employees. The hospital plans to continue offering outpatient programs such as emergency care services, imaging services, and radiation oncology.<ref name="Wollamlayoff"/>

Houston-based McVey & Co. Investments LLC purchased Spring Branch Medical Center, at 8850 Long Point Road, early 2011. Marty McVey, chairman of the hospital, attempted to reopen the historic community hospital. However, the hospital fell into foreclosure in 2013 and was demolished in early 2015 to make way for a new residential/retail project.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://abc13.com/news/video-watch-implosion-of--spring-branch-medical-center-/496616/|title=Spring Branch Medical Center demolished|work=ABC 13|date=January 29, 2015|access-date=September 27, 2017}}</ref>

Texas Children's Pediatric Associates Spring Branch, a child health care center affiliated with [[Texas Children's Hospital]], is located in Spring Branch.<ref>"[http://www.texaschildrenspediatrics.org/locations/spring-branch-pediatrics.aspx TCPA – Spring Branch]." ''Texas Children's Pediatric Associates''. Retrieved on December 12, 2008.</ref>

Harris Health System designated Northwest Health Center for ZIP codes 77055 and 77080. The nearest public hospital is [[Ben Taub General Hospital]] in the [[Texas Medical Center]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tmc.edu/hchd/LOCATE.HTM|title=Clinic/Emergency/Registration Center Directory By ZIP Code|publisher=[[Harris County Hospital District]]|date=2001-11-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011119141023/http://www.tmc.edu/hchd/LOCATE.HTM|accessdate=2021-04-08|archive-date=2001-11-19}} - See ZIP codes 77055 and 77080. [https://www.harrishealth.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/community-assessment/pregnancy-birth-data/2012/infant-mortality-rate-2012.pdf See this map for relevant ZIP code].</ref>