The new medical facility, to be located in downtown Austin, will help expand the University of Texas System’s reputed cancer center outside of the Houston area.

The facility will have two medical towers, one for the cancer center and the other for the new university hospital. It will be located at the current downtown location of UT-Austin’s Frank Erwin Center, formerly a multipurpose facility.

The cancer center will have 150 inpatient beds for treatment, 230 outpatient exam rooms and will include many of the same features as the MD Anderson hospital in Houston, including bone marrow transplantation and multiteam surgery.

    • @mallocEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      Massive win for the city and surrounding area. Much easier access to highly knowledgeable cancer doctors. For many people this will save them trips to MD Anderson facilities in HTX.

      Frank Erwin Center will be missed but this is much better for the city. Plus the frank erwin center was kind of janky and smelly. Moody Center is 100X better as an entertainment venue.

    • @kalpolEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      Which does make me sad, I miss the cheaper concessions and I’ve got a “lot” of history there.