[Texas Medical Center]- Organized in 1945, an immense complex of hospitals, medical and nursing schools, and research institutions whose purpose is total coordination of health education, patient care and research. More than 100 buildings occupy 650 acres in southeast Houston south of Herman Park. Major units now operating at Texas Medical Center include Albert B. Alkek Institute of Biosciences and Technology of Texas A&M Univ., Baylor College of Medicine, City of Houston Health and Human Services, Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center, Ben Taub General  Hospital, Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital, Hermann Hospital, Harris County Psychiatric Center, The Hospice at Texas Medical Center, Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library, Houston Community College System's Health Services, Houston ISD's High School for Health Professions, Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, Institute of Religion, Harris County Medical Examiners' Office, LifeGift Organ Donation Center. Methodist Hospital, Prairies View A&M College of Nursing, Ronald McDonald House, St. Lukes's Episcopal Hospital, Shriners Hospital, Texas Heart Institute, Texas Woman's Univ. Houston Center, Univ. of Houston College of Pharmacy, Univ. of Texas Health Science Center (which includes Dental Brach, Division of Continuing Education, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Medical School, School of Allied Health Sciences, School of Nursing , School of Public Health, and Speech and Hearing Institute), Univ. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Veterans Affair Medical Center in Houston, and the YMCA Child Care Center in the Texas Medical Center.
     Free tours; for information and reservations call 713/790-1136. Assistance Center in Texas Medical Center is at 1155 Holcome, just east of Fannin.