About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. A delivery driver pulled up outside Memorial Hermann one morning and exclaimed, ‘This place is haunted!’ His colleagues laughed until they saw the nurse staring out the window, pointing at something unseen. As he looked closer, his colleague noticed a small dog trotting towards them from behind the building—its tail wagging furiously but invisible to everyone else. The delivery guy scratched his head and joked, 'Guess I’ll deliver some snacks for our new canine patient!'
2. A nurse on her break overheard an elderly patient asking another visitor: 'Do you think they run out of bandages here every Tuesday?' Another visitor shook his head and replied, ‘Not that I’ve noticed, but maybe they just keep them in a secret room upstairs.’ The nurse couldn’t help laughing as she walked back inside, thinking, ‘Probably not, old timer, probably not.’
3. A curious neighbor asked one day, ‘Why does everyone leave Memorial Hermann with a smile?’ With a twinkle in his eye, an elderly gentleman replied, ‘Because when you come here, they don’t just heal your body—they fix your heart too!’ And indeed, every visitor left Memorial Hermann not only feeling better physically but also with a warm glow of kindness and care.
4. At dawn, when most hospitals are quiet, a janitor noticed something peculiar: every trash can in the lobby contained only empty boxes of donuts. Curious, he followed the trail of crumbs leading outside. There, sitting on the steps, was a sleepy-looking delivery driver from the local bakery, mumbling, 'I must’ve dozed off again...'