HCHD Opens Newly Expanded E.A. “Squatty” Lyons Health Center

HOUSTON (Nov. 5, 2008) – The Harris County Hospital District celebrated the expansion of E.A. “Squatty” Lyons Health Center with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 11. The health center is triple its previous size – from 4,736 square feet to 15,232 square feet. 

As a primary care home for residents in the Humble area, Squatty Lyons Health Center currently provides 14,000 patient visits a year. Now that the expansion is complete, the health center will have the capacity for an additional 16,000 patient visits annually. 

“We have been looking forward to this day for the past two years,” said Ora Roberts, director of Squatty Lyons Health Center. “We're pleased to see the results of our planning and that we're able to provide additional vital health care services to our community.” 

After the ribbon cutting, staff provided tours of the facility.

The Harris County Hospital District is the public health care system for the nation's third most-populous county. It provides more than one million health care visits each year to residents of Harris County. The hospital district operates Ben Taub General Hospital, Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital, Quentin Mease Community Hospital, 12 community health centers, a dental center, eight school-based clinics, 13 homeless shelter clinics and five mobile health units.