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Memorial Hermann Baptist Orange Hospital Honored by Texas Hospital Association

AUSTIN – (June 11, 2009) – Memorial Hermann Baptist Orange Hospital is being honored as a long-time member of the Texas Hospital Association. The hospital was one of eight throughout the state to receive a 50-year membership award from the Association this year. The award was officially presented to the hospital’s chief administrative officer, Jarren Garrett, by Della Vallejo, THA’s membership manager, during a recent visit to the hospital.

“Memorial Hermann Baptist Orange Hospital has joined the ranks of an elite group of Texas hospitals that have achieved 50-year membership status in THA,” noted Vallejo.“This is a significant milestone, and THA thanks the hospital for its long-term support.”

Founded in 1930, the Texas Hospital Association is the leadership organization and principal advocate for the state’s hospitals and health care systems. Based in Austin, THA enhances its members’ abilities to improve accessibility, quality and cost-effectiveness of health care for all Texans. One of the largest hospital associations in the country, THA represents more than 85 percent of the state’s acute-care hospitals and health care systems, which employ some 355,000 health care professionals statewide. On the Web: www.tha.org