Kindred Hospital in West Houston to close, lay off staff

Kindred Hospital Town and Country in West Houston notified the Texas Workforce Commission on Friday that it would eliminate all 133 staff positions beginning June 27. See more of the biggest layoffs to hit Houston and Texas in 2017 ...

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Kindred Hospital Town and Country in West Houston notified the Texas Workforce Commission on Friday that it would eliminate all 133 staff positions beginning June 27.

In a statement issued Monday, Kindred said it then plans to close the hospital. It also said it has stopped accepting new patients.

The company, the nation's largest long-term acute care provider, in 2016 closed Houston locations on Holcombe Blvd. and in Baytown. In 2014 it closed hospitals in Channelview and north Houston.

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"We are always evaluating our portfolio and looking for opportunities to reposition our assets so that we can provide services where and when patients need it most," the company said in a statement.

Kindred still maintains eight long-term acute care hospitals in the Houston area. It said it aims to help employees find new work, and hopes to retain some.

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In a letter sent Friday to the Texas Workforce Commission, Kindred district chief operating officer Stephanie Madrid cited "a strategic decision to consolidate its Houston Integrated Market operations" and wrote that "all positions at the hospital will be eliminated."

Kindred Hospital Town and Country is located near the northwestern corner of the I-10 and Beltway 8.