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What happens with prison healthcare if UTMB fails to rebuild?

According to this article titled "Emergency!" by Mimi Swartz at Texas Monthly, the University of Texas System may decide not to rebuild the UT Medical Branch at Galveston after Hurricane Ike, facilities which include the hospital responsible for most of the state prison system and "telemedicine" infrastructure that serves 80% of Texas prisoners.Cheering state Sen. Steve Ogden's efforts to insist UTMB be rebuilt, Swartz predicts that:unless Ogden prevails, UTMB will face inevitable death. Ogden is keenly aware that as an Aggie challenging the most powerful teasips, he?s vulnerable to criticism that he has it in for A&M?s longtime rival. Even so, he?s persisted. He understands that the proposed reduction in the number of hospital beds means a reduction in the number of patients needed to support a viable medical school; in order to become the best doctors, students need patients with a variety of illnesses and injuries...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on January 02, 2009 (boomark / email).