UT Austin will be constructing two new hospital towers to house a new MD Anderson cancer center and university specialty hospital.
is expanding its medical district with two new hospital towers to be built where the Erwin Center currently resides.by building and operating a new comprehensive cancer center in one of the towers, while UT Austin will build and operate a new specialty hospital in the other.
"To borrow a slogan from our football team: 'this is an all gas, no brakes moment", for the university's drive to have even greater impact," said UT Austin president Jay Hartzell Monday. "UT Austin medical center will enable us to bring the full strength and might of a world-class research university to bear on healthcare and life sciences.
"The combination of two new hospitals at the medical center: a state-of-the-art UT specialty hospital and one powered by the leading cancer center in the entire nation along with the existing and incredible strengths of the university will attract more talent to Texas and to the 40 Acres."
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