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Current text, paragraph 1
The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) is a component of the University of Texas System located in Galveston, Texas, United States, about 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Downtown Houston. It is a health care complex spanning 85 acres (344,000 m2), with seven hospitals, 13,000 employees and an assortment of specialized clinics, centers and institutes, including a medical school. The medical school is the oldest one west of the Mississippi River.
Proposed text, paragraph 1
The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) is a component of the University of Texas System located in Galveston, Texas, United States, about 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Downtown Houston. It is an academic health center with 11,000 employees [1] and a medical school which is the oldest in Texas. [2] [3]
Reason for changes: number of hospitals and employees has decreased. Propose moving / combining institutional elements to paragraph 2. Our medical school is not the oldest west of the Mississippi River, but it is the oldest in Texas.
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Current text, paragraph 2
It was established in 1891 with one building and fewer than 50 students. Today UTMB's campus has grown to more than 70 buildings and an enrollment of more than 2,500 students. The 84-acre (340,000 m2) campus includes four schools, three institutes for advanced study, a major medical library, seven on-site hospitals (including an affiliated Shriners Burns Hospital), a network of clinics that provide a full range of primary and specialized medical care, a comprehensive medical library and numerous research facilities.
Proposed text, paragraph 2
Established in 1891 as the University of Texas Medical Department, UTMB has grown from one building, 23 students and 13 faculty members to more than 70 buildings, more than 2,500 students and more than 1,000 faculty. [4] It has four schools, three institutes for advanced study, a comprehensive medical library, three on-site hospitals (including an affiliated Shriners Hospital for Children (Galveston)), a network of clinics that provide primary and specialized medical care and numerous research facilities.
Reason for changes: tweak to intro wording, removing repeat of acreage mentioned in first paragraph, correcting to current number of on-site hospitals (John Sealy Hospital, Texas Department of Criminal Justice Hospital, Galveston and Shriners Hospital for Children, Galveston) and removing one of two references to medical library in same sentence / paragraph. Changing link for Shriners Hospitals for Children to Shriners Hospitals for Children (Galveston).
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Current text, paragraph 3
Since its founding, UTMB has served indigent or poor populaces, such as prisoners, the homeless, and single mothers, including patients with ailments that are very expensive to treat (such as burns). It is one of only a handful of hospitals in southeastern Texas that does so. UTMB's Emergency Room at John Sealy Hospital is certified as a Level I Trauma Center and serves as the lead trauma facility for the nine-county region in southeast Texas. It is one of only three Level I Trauma centers in the Greater Houston area.[2]
Proposed text, paragraph 3+
UTMB's primary missions are health sciences education, medical research (it is home to the Galveston National Laboratory) and health care services. [5] Its Emergency Room at John Sealy Hospital is certified as a Level I Trauma Center and serves as the lead trauma facility for a nine-county region in Southeast Texas; it is one of only three Level I Trauma centers serving all ages in Southeast Texas. [6]
In fiscal year 2012, UTMB received 20 percent of its $1.5 billion budget from the State of Texas to help support its teaching mission, hospital operation and Level 1 Trauma Center; UTMB generates the rest of its budget through its research endeavors, clinical services and philanthropy. It provides a significant amount of charity care (almost $96 million in 2012), and treats complex cases such as transplants and burns. [7]
Reason for changes: clarifications re: mission and charity care. ([[User:Myra McCollum|Myra McCollum]]|[[User talk:Myra McCollum|t]] )([[User:Myra McCollum|COI]]) ( talk) 22:51, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
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