Texas Medical Center institutions

Main article: List of Texas Medical Center institutions

Employment base

11% of the Texas Medical Center employees live in specific areas in northern Brazoria County and southwestern Harris County. 42% of TMC employees live in specific areas in Brazoria, Fort Bend, and Harris counties.^[16] Pearland, Texas a suburb in northern Brazoria County contains the most TMC workers.^[16]

Cityscape

In a 2006 update to its 50-year master plan, the Texas Medical Center group states "TMC Faces Issues Similar to Large Cities" and compared its urban cityscape to that of the Chicago Loop in Chicago and Lower Manhattan in New York City.^[17]

Infrastructure

John P. McGovern Campus

The Texas Medical Center system is headquartered at the John P. McGovern Campus.^[18]
The area is served by Metro bus service and the "Red Line" of the METRORail light rail system. Three METRORail stations are located near the center: (TMC Transit Center, Dryden/TMC Station, and Memorial Hermann Hospital/Houston Zoo Station).
The United States Postal Service Medical Center Station is located at 7205 Almeda Road.^[19]
The Harris County Public Library operates the Texas Medical Center Library.^[20]

Emergency services

The Houston Fire Department Station 33 Medical Center, a part of Fire District 21,^[21] is near the Texas Medical Center at 7100 Fannin at South Braeswood. The original Firehouse 33 was one of the last stations to be housed in an original volunteer fire station. The original Station 33 was the city hall/fire station of Braeswood. The City of Houston annexed the area in 1950. The current Fire Station 33 opened one block from the original station in August 2004. The city relinquished its ownership of the original fire station.^[22]
The Texas Medical Center is within the Houston Police Department's South Central Patrol Division.^[23]