Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital, located in

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, across from

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, is one of seven community hospitals that are part of Houston Methodist. It employs about 900 people, has an estimated 700 affiliated doctors and admits more than 5,700 patients annually. The hospital serves the

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History

In 1972, Space Center Memorial Hospital opened outside

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to serve about 55,000 people near the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center. The

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closed the hospital in September 1974 because the facility's mortgage payments were in arrears. The hospital remained unoccupied until the federal government took it over, and it became a

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Hospital. In 1981, the hospital — one of eight nationwide — closed as a result of legislation passed by

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. The federal government selected the Houston-based

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of the Incarnate Word Health Care Systems to assume control of the hospital. The Sisters purchased the facility for $1. On December 9, 1981, Christus St. John Hospital treated its first patient. Sister Clare Marie, Sister Frances Therese and Sister Edwin Berry were the hospital's founding sisters. The hospital has provided medication kits for the Space Shuttle and physiological tests for the space program. The hospital became part of Houston Methodist in 2014, renamed as Houston Methodist St. John Hospital. Another renaming came in 2018 — Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital.

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