(KPRC 2 News)
A medical facility in Houston has been forced to shut down, requiring hundreds to be moved to other facilities.
Records obtained by Local 2 Investigates show IntraCare Medical Center Hospital, 7601 Fannin, was given warning after warning. Officials with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services wrote multiple inspections turned up problems that were, as they put it, a danger to the health and safety of patients.
The hospital was charged with caring for some of the most vulnerable people in Houston — those who are chronically mentally ill and uninsured. Yet, the sign on the doors of the hospital read it will permanently close as of 5 p.m. Tuesday. Everyone, patients and staff alike have to be out of the building by that time.
IntraCare’s troubles began last July when inspectors from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid found serious problems with how mentally ill patients were being restrained. Inspectors wrote those problems persisted through multiple inspections.
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