University Health is the public hospital district for the

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Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

, US

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. Owned and operated by Bexar County, it is the third largest public health system in Texas. The system operates University Hospital, a 716-bed

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located in the

South Texas Medical Center The South Texas Medical Center (STMC) or Bexar County Hospital District consists of of medical-related facilities on the northwest side of San Antonio, Texas, United States. STMC, which directly serves 38 counties, consists of forty-five medi ...

, and over 25 outpatient specialty and family medicine clinics throughout the San Antonio area.

History

San Antonio's first public hospital, The Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital, opened in 1917 on the west side of what is now downtown San Antonio. The hospital suffered from inconsistent funding over the years, so in 1955, voters approved the creation of a hospital district and a property tax to provide a stable funding source for it. In 1959, the new hospital district was leveraged to promise a teaching hospital to attract the University of Texas South Texas Medical School, now the

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. The hospital district broke ground in 1965 for the Bexar County Teaching Hospital, now University Hospital, adjacent to the site for the new medical school on a former hundred acre dairy farm located about 9 miles northwest of downtown San Antonio in what is now the heart of the

. Both the hospital and medical school opened in 1968. In the 1970s and early 1980s, the hospital was the site of the

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murders, one of the largest serial killer cases in American history. In 2014, the hospital was expanded to its current state with the completion of the Sky Tower, which contains the main entrance of the hospital. As the primary teaching hospital for the

, University Hospital is a regional

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and a leader in

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Expansion

New Women's & Children Tower

A new 300-bed Women & Children's Tower private rooms is expected to open in 2023 during the second phase of University Health's capital improvement program. The project features a heart, vascular and endoscopy suite, new parking structure and an additional shell space for future growth. The new tower plans feature special amenities for mothers and babies and will be prepared to care for high-risk deliveries and complications during and after pregnancy. There will be a dedicated Obstetrics and Gynecology Emergency Department, Caesarian-section rooms, and a level IV neonatal intensive care unit connected to the labor and delivery unit. The tower is also expected to be equipped to care for sick or injured children with a Children's Emergency Department, a pediatric rehabilitation gym and family friendly rooms.

References

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History

Expansion

New Women's & Children Tower

See also

References