Texas Medical Center Campus Updates

  • Food options for August 30:
    • Food is available for purchase at the Bistro in the Pavilion for Women between 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. – 9 p.m.
    • McDonalds is now open and will remain open until 8 p.m.  Hours for Thursday and Friday will be 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
    • Third Coast restaurant at 6550 Bertner Ave., 6th floor, will open at 10 a.m.
    • Starbucks (until 3 p.m.) and Subway (11 a.m. – 2 p.m.) are now open at the TMC Commons near the NRI.
    • Coffee carts will continue to round on the units with coffee and light snacks.
  • All garages are now open. Please use the garages for parking and not Valet services. TMC is continuing to waive all parking fees during this emergency event. Employees who parked in any TMC garage and pulled a yellow chip should leave the chip at the exit and proceed without paying. If you misplaced your chip, you should still be able to exit.
  • Shuttle service is active between Garage 19 and Feigin Center from 6:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
  • Computers that are off the Texas Children’s network are available on the 4th floor of the Pavilion for Women to check personal email. Please make sure to log out.
  • The Zone will be open for patients from 1:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and will be closed for cleaning from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Off-shift staff can enjoy Zone activities from 8:30 p.m. overnight through 1:00 p.m. the next day. Movie times are 8:00 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. for off-shift employees.
  • The West Tower Gift Shop will be open until 8 p.m.
  • Campus leadership is working with their pre-registration teams to begin all activities needed to prep for outpatient serves starting on Tuesday, Sept. 5.
  • We continue to perform 1:1 handoffs with staff currently onsite. We are assessing intermittent relief efforts utilizing staff who are able to arrive on campus. We are also encouraging staff who are finishing the night shift to go home, if possible, to rest and return to campus this evening for the night shift.