CHRISTUS Health plans to reopen a hospital in Beaumont, Texas, that had been shuttered prior to its acquisition by CHRISTUS. CHRISTUS is renovating the facility before opening it.
CHRISTUS Health plans to open its second hospital in Beaumont, Texas. The health system is leasing the former Medical Center of Southeast Texas — Victory Campus in West Beaumont from the Global Medical real estate investment trust. CHRISTUS Health is renovating the property and will open the hospital in the coming months.
CHRISTUS Health plans for the campus to have an emergency room, surgical space and medical offices. Paul Generale, CHRISTUS Health executive vice president and chief strategy officer, said in a release that "the Beaumont facility will be an essential component as we expand quality health care services to the residents of southeast Texas."
Ernie Sadau, president and CEO of CHRISTUS Health, said in a release that "as health care needs grow in southeast Texas and beyond, we continue to expand our services to ensure that area residents have access to the innovative, faith-based care they have come to expect and deserve."
CHRISTUS Southeast Texas Health System has three hospitals in the region, CHRISTUS Hospital Orange in Orange, CHRISTUS Jasper Memorial Hospital in Jasper and CHRISTUS St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. St. Elizabeth is about 5 miles from West Beaumont, where its new campus will be.
The facility's name and bed count have yet to be released, and specific terms of the deal between CHRISTUS Health and Global Medical are unavailable.
Steward Health Care was the previous tenant that ran the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Steward filed for bankruptcy protection in May and had shuttered the medical center.