(Carrie Feibel, KUHF Public Radio)
Texas Children’s Hospital opened a new building in the Medical Center today. It’s a 15-story tower that will focus on women’s gynecological care and high-risk pregnancies.
Texas Children’s is branching out from pediatrics to include pregnancy care and other gynecological services. The new building is called the Pavilion for Women. It has 99 licensed beds and cost $575 million dollars.
Dr. Michael Belfort is the chief ob/gyn.”Texas Children’s is now becoming a health care system as opposed to a children’s hospital.”
The Pavilion is connected to Texas Children’s by a sky bridge over Fannin Street. It will focus on women with high-risk pregnancies, but any woman is welcome to deliver there. (See the full story at KUHF Public Radio News)
OTHER HEADLINES:
- Psychologist Weighs In On What Went Wrong With Waller Triple-Murder Suspect (KHOU 11 News)
- Greater Houston Leads Nation in Year over Year Job Gains (KUHF Public Radio)
- Houstonians Joins Rally Opposing Birth Control Mandate (Houston Chronicle)
- Going for the Bottle May Cost Your Child’s Teeth (KRIV 26 News)
- No Clear Winner In Contest Between Energy and Environment (Fuel Fix)
- Houston Group Calls for Justice in Trayvon Martin Case (KPRC 2 News)
OPINIONS ON THE NEWS:
Travyon Martin Case & It’s Implications
- Trayvon Martin, My Son, and the Black Male Code
(Jesse Washington, Houston Chronicle)
“I thought my son would be much older before I had to tell him about the Black Male Code. He’s only 12, still sleeping with stuffed animals, still afraid of the dark. But after the Trayvon Martin tragedy, I needed to explain to my child that soon people might be afraid of him.” - Florida’s Disastrous Self-Defense Law
(John F. Timoney, New York Times)
“The very public controversy surrounding the killing of Trayvon Martin, by George Zimmerman, was predictable. In fact, I, along with other Florida chiefs of police, said so to the Legislature in 2005 when we opposed the passage of a law that not only enshrined the doctrine of “your home is your castle” but took this doctrine into the public square and added a new concept called “stand your ground.”