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In the first of a series of town hall meetings about a controversial eminent domain proposal, Harris Health CEO Esmaeil Porsa late Wednesday painted a grim picture of one of the county’s only comprehensive trauma hospitals — Ben Taub is out of room.

Porsa’s presentation about a plan to seize 8 acres of Hermann Park land for a project to expand the hospital was made to a room of about 200 community members Wednesday night and met with lively outbursts about potentially tampering with a beloved city park. Sign up for the Hello, Houston! daily newsletter to get local reports like this delivered directly to your inbox.

Representatives of Harris County’s health system, along with county commissioner Rodney Ellis, fought back on the notion that the plan is

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