• The Medical School has over 525 practicing physicians on faculty and 800 residents who work primarily at MHH, LBJ General Hospital, and the Hermann Professional Building. With the MHH catastrophe, their ability to serve the Houston community is severely compromised for at least two months.
  
  
• MHH is one of only two Level 1 trauma centers in Houston. The center is out of operation until mid-July. Acknowledged as trauma experts, Medical School physicians are severely limited in their abilities to help trauma victims in Houston.
  
  
• Currently there are 3,000 hospital beds out of service in Houston, including 500 ICU beds. Through a series of make-shift arrangements, Medical School faculty are currently operating in a dozen smaller local hospitals trying to meet the community’s on-going needs.
  
  
• Hospital-based services such as radiology, anesthesiology, and pathology are limited in their access to assist other Medical School physicians in these remote sites.
  
  
• The cyclotron facility also produced radioactive agents for clinical applications such as the PET camera, critical to cardiac rehabilitation and patient care.
  
  
• The income generated by Medical School clinical faculty supports many academic and research activities; the loss of revenue for the two months when faculty activity is compromised is estimated at $15 million.

UT-Houston and clinical affiliates
estimated disaster losses caused by Tropical Storm Allison
all dollar values in millions

Note: insurance is estimated to cover 25 to 30 percent of losses.