While just 50 miles east of doctor-dense Houston, the hospital is a federally designated “critical access” point, reflecting the paucity of providers from the edges of Lake Anahuac to the peninsula’s southernmost tip at Smith Point.
He was lured to Anahuac from El Paso by the unique challenges - and joys - of running a rural health care system. Kiefer, a longtime nurse and health care administrator, was hired last year to oversee Chambers Health, which includes the hospital, two primary care clinics and one dental clinic. Flanked by the Anahuac Channel on one side and hayfields on the other, it is the only hospital for more than 25 miles in any direction. But the rural facility remains a lifeline for the thousands of residents who travel from all over Chambers County for everything from stitches to childbirth to critical care. With its tiled walls and buzzing intercom system, Bayside Community Hospital was built for a bygone era. Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show LessĪNAHUAC, Chambers County - In a few short paces, William Kiefer can traverse the entirety of Anahuac's sole hospital, where he serves as chief executive and chief nurse. William Kiefer wears many hats at Chambers Heath / Bayside Hospital including CEO and chief of nursing. Nurse William Kiefer and chats with Chambers Heath / Bayside Hospital CFO Jay Hodges in his office on Wednesday, Nov. Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 10 of10 Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 9 of10 Nurse Sarina Nickel goes over the patients’ status that are at the Bayside Hospital with other members of the staff including CEO and chief of nursing William Kiefer during a meeting on Wednesday, Nov. Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 8 of10 William Kiefer gives updates during a staff meeting at Bayside Hospital on Wednesday, Nov.
Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 7 of10 Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 6 of10 William Kiefer jokes around during a staff meeting at Bayside Hospital on Wednesday, Nov. Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 5 of10 William Kiefer checks on a patient with nurse Sarina Nickel at Bayside Hospital on Wednesday, Nov. Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 4 of10 William Kiefer wears many hats at Chambers Heath / Bayside Hospital including CEO and chief of nursing on Wednesday, Nov. Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 3 of10 The X-Ray room at Bayside Hospital on Wednesday, Nov. Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 2 of10
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