St. Joseph's Medical Center in downtown Houston remained open for the duration of Hurricane Harvey and became self-contained. Staffers were delivering babies, handling emergencies and taking care of a number of evacuees from the nearby convention center. Unable to get back to their own homes due to impassable roads, employees had to sleep at the hospital, but hospital leaders said they still volunteered to work extra hours. Though officials had ordered enough food and supplies, items like linens were running low when staffers had to sleep on the property. When the manager of an Embassy Suites hotel a few blocks away learned about the situation, he donated his extra linens to the hospital.