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​The following stories are examples of patients whose lives have been touched by the Harris Health.

Derrick Agho’s security management job was always about making sure others were safe, but on March 2, 2025, protecting others landed him at Harris Health Ben Taub Hospital.



Debora Callahan was walking into church when she blacked out and fell on her right side. As she regained consciousness, she felt pain on her right hip but still wanted to stay for the church service. 



In January 2025, Houston was under an extreme cold weather warning and residents were encouraged to stay home and off the roads due to possible ice. Once conditions slightly improved, employees at Narciso Careaga’s company were told to return to work with caution—completing their routes and head home before temperatures dropped again and roads refroze.


​Maria Chapin is the backbone of her family—a caretaker to her mother and brother and a doting parent. When she learned her daughter, Gabrielle Chapin, was pregnant, she was ecstatic.



Edison Hernandez Jr. and his wife, Rina, are huge sports fans, and try to make as many home baseball games as they can. But after the Astros game during Memorial Day weekend in 2025 their lives changed.

Jalen Isaac works at The Port of Houston, the 5th ranked container port in the United States and the largest on the Texas Gulf Coast, handling 74% of the region's container traffic.



As Gabriel Izcano was leaving a night club with two female friends, they were approached by a car with two guys that were trying to get the women’s attention. The unwanted catcalling forced Izcano to intervene and eventually led to an altercation. 


On June 3, 2025, Felix Labome​’s ordinary day in his apartment parking lot turned dangerous. 





Leo McGlory Jr. was cleaning out the bed of his truck when he suddenly lost his balance and fell, hitting his head on the trailer hitch.




During a normal drive with friends in the summer 2025, Aaron Sadberry​ was t-boned by a drunk driver. His female passengers sustained minor injuries, but Sadberry was transported to Harris Health Ben Taub Hospital in critical condition.