If I remember correctly, Ben Taub is the “charity” hospital. FWIW.
It is a county government hospital, one of several facilities operated by the Harris County Hospital District (aka, “HarrisHealth”). Low-income residents not eligible for Medicaid (including illegal aliens) can get a “gold card” entitling them to essentially free care at the county facilities. They have another full-service hospital in northeast Houston, LBJ.
It certainly isn’t the only nonprofit hospital nearby, though. The Texas Medical Center is a massive collection of hospitals, the largest in the world. Several large, nonprofit, full service hospitals are literally within walking distance: Memorial Hermann, Methodist, and Baylor-St.Luke’s.
To be fair, TMC’s regular, “Phase I,” “non-pandemic configuration” ICU beds are at 100% capacity, but they have expanded those. They have postponed non-urgent surgeries, and I think that’s the point: This guy may have been shot server also times, but he is not awaiting emergency surgery. It is also unclear why he is an inpatient waiting in bed for non-emergency shoulder surgery. But, while Ben Taub is a perfectly good hospital by county hospital
standards, you get what you pay for, and that sometimes includes waiting for non-urgent surgery even in non-pandemic times.