Heights Hospital owners owe more than $3M, doctors forced to treat patients in parking lot
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Without warning, doctors and patients were locked out of Heights Hospital on Monday. An effort is underway to reopen the neighborhood clinic.Godofredo A. Vásquez, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer
Houston doctors say they were left blindsided after being locked out of the Heights Hospital on Monday. A sudden closure of the Heights Hospital located on 1917 Ashland left hundreds of patients stranded.
A note which was posted on the door stated that the clinic was closed due to back rent. According to the notice posted, doctors would only be given keys when $461,301.24 in rent and fees are paid.
Doctors locked out from Houston hospital, treat patients in parking lot
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Doctors at a Houston hospital on Monday morning found themselves locked out with no way of treating their patients.
At the Heights Hospital, medical workers ready to open the on-site clinic discovered a notice on the door saying the hospital owed more than $1 million in back rent and fees. Please be advised that the door locks to the leased premises have been changed and tenant shall be excluded therefrom due to non-payment of rent, the note read, adding that keys would be provided upon payment of delinquent rent and other sums due under the lease.