Texas Hospital Begins Notifying 3,000 Workers Of Layoffs

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(November 17, 2008)--The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, which was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ike, says it will begin notifying 3,000 workers on Tuesday that they will be laid off.

The layoffs are part of work force reduction that the University of Texas System Board of Regents authorized last week.

Regents say they were forced to make the job cuts because the teaching hospital was running out of money.

The regents authorized the elimination of as many as 3,800 full-time jobs.

UTMB is expected to complete notifying faculty and staff members about who will be let go by Nov. 24.

Ike caused about $710 million in losses to UTMB when it hit the island on Sept. 13, and officials have said that only about $100 million of the damage is covered by insurance.

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Posted by: Mother of Three Location: Temple on Nov 19, 2008 at 08:18 AM
That was my first thought too anonymous. Why did they only cover $100 mil if they knew they had $710 mil to lose? Sounds fishy to me.

Posted by: Anonymous on Nov 19, 2008 at 01:59 AM
Hey whay don't they ask the gov. in Austin for some of the 140,00 they are spending on the new lounge to help his hospital out so maybe some of these people will keep their jobs. HUMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

Posted by: Cathy Location: Temple on Nov 18, 2008 at 10:22 AM
If they are laying off that many f/t workers, What are they going to do about the TDCJ part of the hospital?

Posted by: anonymous Location: C-TX on Nov 18, 2008 at 09:13 AM
This makes me angry. I do not know much about insurance but I do know that my sister works at UTMB, and I would hate for her or anyone else to lose their job. WHY is insurance covering so little. Did UTMB not have enough coverage? They live by the ocean, you would think they would prepare for a disaster like this?

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