The Episcopal Diocese of Texas has approved the transfer of St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System to Catholic Health Initiatives, according to a report in Woodlands online:
As part of the transfer of St. Luke’s, CHI will contribute more than $1 billion to create a new Episcopal Health Foundation, which will focus on the unmet health needs of the area’s underserved population. In addition, CHI has committed an additional $1 billion for future investment in the health system. The Right Reverend C. Andrew Doyle, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, said in announcing the decision, “We are humbled to be able to preserve the legacy of St. Luke’s, while also expanding the Diocesan commitment to health care.”
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While this decision means the Episcopal Diocese of Texas will no longer provide acute care, the Diocese remains committed to its health care mission through the new Episcopal Health Foundation. “This new Foundation will address a widening gap in healthcare throughout our 57-county area,” Bishop Doyle said. “There is a care vacuum that must be addressed, including access to health care, prevention, community and environmental health, poverty, education and health disparities,” he said, adding, “This direction reflects the initial vision of Bishops Quin and Hines in founding St. Luke’s. They called upon ‘all the mountain-moving powers of faith and prayer and human skill which can be brought to bear on individuals in need.’”
Bishop Doyle, in answer to a question on Twitter about women’s health needs being met by a Roman Catholic system, replied:
C. Andrew Doyle ?@TexasBishop 20 Apr “we transferred that to Texas Women’s pavilion some time ago.”