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U.S. News ranks 3 Fort Worth hospitals among best in Texas

Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical Center - Fort Worth

Fort Worth's Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical Center made the list.

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Fort Worth's Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical Center has landed as the No. 11 best hospital in Texas, and No. 3 in Dallas-Fort Worth, according to U.S. News & World Report.

Nine other DFW hospitals also ranked in the top 30.

The accolades appear in U.S. News’ 2024-25 ranking of the best hospitals nationwide. Each hospital also ranked among various specialties, such as orthopedics; cardiology, heart, and vascular surgery; cancer; and neurology and neurosurgery.

Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical Center is a returning champion: Last year, it ranked No. 8 in Texas.

In the latest ranking, Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest, Fort Worth tied for No. 15 in Texas with Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin and Christus Mother Frances Hospital - Tyler.

Fort Worth's Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital also tied for No. 18 statewide with Medical City Dallas, Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital, Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center, and Methodist Hospital - San Antonio.

Dallas' UT Southwestern Medical Center retained its U.S. News ranking as the No. 2 best hospital in Texas, and No. 1 in Dallas-Fort Worth. Previously, the hospital shared the No. 1 spot with Houston Methodist Hospital in 2023.

In a press release, UT Southwestern president Daniel K. Podolsky, M.D. shared his gratitude for the recent honors, and reignited the hospital system's dedication to "translating scientific discoveries into improved treatments" for both patients in Dallas and around the world.

"Our collaborative multidisciplinary approach to patient care, as in our overall mission to educate, discover, and heal, continues to drive innovation at UT Southwestern and produce exceptional outcomes for the patients and families we are privileged to serve," said Podolsky. "In parallel with ensuring that our patients have access to the most advanced technologies and treatments, we remain hyperfocused on providing the best care experience for them and their families."

Other top-ranking Texas hospitals located in Dallas-Fort Worth include:

No. 3 – Baylor University Medical Center
No. 13 – Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas
No. 23 – Baylor Scott and White Medical Center - Grapevine, Methodist Dallas Medical Center, and Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano (tied)

Texas' best hospitals are in Houston
Houston's MD Anderson Cancer Center once again topped the list as the best cancer hospital in the U.S. Since U.S. News introduced its annual hospital survey in 1990, MD Anderson has been ranked one of the two best U.S. hospitals for cancer care. It has maintained its No. 1 ranking for 10 consecutive years.

Houston Methodist Hospital was crowned the overall best hospital in Texas for the 13th year in a row. Also, it was lauded as one of the country’s 20 best hospitals for the eighth time. Along with the general ranking, Houston Methodist Hospital scored high marks in 10 specialties. These include diabetes and endocrinology (No. 6), gastroenterology and GI surgery (No. 7), and pulmonology and lung surgery (No. 8).

Amber Heckler contributed to this report. This article first appeared on our sister site InnovationMap.

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Death Penalty

Tarrant County man gets death for murder of convenience store owner

Tarrant County Sheriff's Office

Christopher Turner

A man received the death penalty for his 2020 cold-blooded execution of a convenience store owner.

According to a release from the office of Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney Phil Sorrells, a Tarrant County jury sentenced Christopher Karon Turner, 48, to death on November 20 for executing convenience store owner Anwar Ali during a robbery. Tarrant County Assistant District Attorneys Charles Boulware and Allenna Bangs represented the state.

On March 27, 2020, at around 6:15 am, Turner, a convicted felon, wore a surgical mask and a glove and entered the Super Big Country Mart in an unincorporated area of Tarrant County south of Fort Worth. There, he held a gun to the back of Anwar Ali, the 62-year-old store owner, and walked him through the store.

Ali did everything Turner demanded, including opening the cash register to give him money. And yet Turner forced Ali into the bathroom and onto his knees, and shot him in the neck. Ali was discovered, dead in the bathroom, about an hour later.

Turner fled the store in Ali's Toyota minivan with the money from the register and Ali's wallet. In the van, he found more than $50,000 cash in a black bag. Over the next few days, Turner went on a shopping spree, buying cars, jewelry, drugs, clothes, and more. He and others used cash and a credit card that belonged to Ali.

Turner fled to Colorado where U.S. Marshals arrested him. On his body they found a firearm which was determined to be the murder weapon.

"This was a premeditated, cold-blooded murder," Boulware told the jury. "From the moment he was charged with this crime, he has tried to escape responsibility."

Bangs noted that before this trial began, Turner obtained the names of jurors and their telephone numbers, and gave them to an inmate charged with murder. At the trial on November 20, as Bangs addressed the jury, Turner tried to hold up a sign to the jury but was handcuffed by Sheriff's deputies who removed him from the courtroom, while he yelled out "she lied."

Ali came to the United States from Pakistan decades ago to pursue the American dream. Ali's son, Hussein, spoke in the courtroom after the death penalty was announced. "Thank you for giving us justice," Ali said. "I hope there are no more devils like this person."

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Death Penalty

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