It has 1,200 licensed beds and is one of the major centers for patient care, medical training and research in North Texas.

[2] In 1903, the hospital opened as Texas Baptist Memorial Sanitarium in a 14-room renovated house with 25 beds.

It received its charter from the state government in October 1903 and had financial support from the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

Financial difficulties due to the ongoing World War II forced the College of Medicine to move to Houston.

The hospital faced an uncertain future since it no longer had the support of an affiliated medical school and its buildings were in need of renovation.