Over 1 million gross square feet of space in the medical school complex out of service for at least one month as a result of storm damages and subsequent effects.

10 million gallons of water inundated the medical school complex.

The total facility damage is currently estimated at $52 million.

The total equipment loss is estimated at $53 million.

Emergency response and outside contractors costs may exceed $10 million.

Remediation of critical building activities is estimated at $68 million.

The Animal Care Center was completely demolished.
The Cyclotron was completed demolished.
The Gross Anatomy Lab was completely demolished.

3,200 faculty, students, and staff have been displaced for at least 1 month.

The estimated cost of normal business interruption is currently estimated
at $15-20 million.

$105 million of sponsored research projects were affected; 4,000 animals lost in the storm have been valued at $7.4 million. The costs to redevelop many of these animal generations is estimated at an additional $7 million.

Salaries of the researchers and their staffs – which are at risk since research is interrupted – are more than $120,000 each day that their research is interrupted.

525 UT-Houston physicians and their 800 residents are displaced from most of their usual practice sites; instead they are deployed to hospitals and clinics all over Houston and surrounding communities. While every effort is being made to sustain excellent patient care, patients are inevitably affected by the displacement.

Our primary clinical affiliates – Memorial Hermann Hospital, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, and Texas Heart Institute – have themselves been devastated. Memorial Hermann Hospital’s estimated loss is approximately $433 million –
only $100 million is covered by insurance. The combined loss of St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital and Texas Heart Institute is approximately $107 million – only $50 million is covered by insurance.