sentences:  A "Hospital District" is a governmental entity in Texas, established pursuant to the Texas Constitution or the general statutes of Texas, and its purpose is to provide medical care to the needy residents of a particular county.By 1989, the hospital had exceeded U.S. federal patient mortality rates for two years in a row; Ben Taub and Jefferson Davis were the sole Houston hospitals above their predicted mortality rates.Roger Widmeyer, the district spokesperson, said "We are a very unique hospital because of the number of acutely ill patients we receive.