Editing Galveston, Texas (section)

===Healthcare===
Galveston is the home of several of the largest [[teaching hospitals]] in the state, located on the campus of the [[University of Texas Medical Branch]] at Galveston. Prior to [[Hurricane Ike]], the University employed more than 12,000 people. Its significant growth in the 1970s and 1980s was attributable to a uniquely qualified management and medical faculty including: Mr. John Thompson; Dr. William James McGanity, Dr. William Levin, Dr. David Daeschner and many more.

Ike severely damaged the 550-bed [[John Sealy Hospital]] causing the [[University of Texas System]] [[Board of Regents]] to cut nearly one-third of the hospital staff. Since the storm, the regents have committed to spending $713 million to restore the campus, construct new medical towers, and return John Sealy Hospital to its 550-bed pre-storm capacity.<ref name="UTMB coming back stronger than ever">{{Cite web|title=UTMB coming back stronger from Ike |work=Houston Chronicle |author=Harvey Rice |date=September 16, 2009 |access-date=October 4, 2009 |url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/news/specials/hurricane/6622630.html |archive-date=November 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105221248/https://www.chron.com/news/hurricanes/article/UTMB-coming-back-stronger-from-Ike-1590540.php |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2011, the UT Board of Regents approved the construction of a new 13 story hospital that will be located next to John Sealy Hospital. Construction will begin in the fall of 2011, with the demolition of the old Jennie Sealy and Shriners hospitals, and continue until completion in 2016. The facility will have 250 room, 20 operating suites and 54 intensive care beds. When the new hospital is complete, along with the renovations at John Sealy, both complexes will have around 600 beds.<ref name="UTMB gets OK to build new island hospital">{{Cite web|title=UTMB gets OK to build new island hospital |work=The Daily News |author=John DeLapp |date=August 26, 2011 |access-date=September 18, 2011 |url=http://galvestondailynews.com/story/253098 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829163529/http://galvestondailynews.com/story/253098 |archive-date=August 29, 2012 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

The university reopened their [[Level I Trauma Center]] on August 1, 2009, which had been closed for eleven months after the hurricane and, {{as of|lc=y|2009|09}}, had reopened 370 hospital beds.<ref name="UTMB coming back stronger than ever"/><ref>{{Cite web|title=UTMB emergency room reopens after Ike |work=The Galveston County Daily News |author=Scott Gonzales |date=August 2, 2009 |url=http://www.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=d093128587d3bc01 |access-date=September 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807084231/http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=d093128587d3bc01 |archive-date=August 7, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The city is also home to a 30-bed [[Acute (medicine)|acute]] [[burn]]s hospital for children, the [[Shriners Hospitals for Children|Shriners Burns Hospital at Galveston]].<ref name="galvestondailynews.com">{{Cite web|title=Shriners vote to keep isle burns hospital open |work=The Galveston County Daily News |author=Laura Elder |date=July 7, 2009 |access-date=October 4, 2009 |url=http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?wcd=140378 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716231601/http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?wcd=140378 |archive-date=July 16, 2011}}</ref> The Galveston hospital is one of only four in the chain of 22 [[non-profit]] [[Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine|Shriners]] hospitals, that provides acute burns care.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shriners will keep hospitals open Galveston facility to reopen in a few weeks |work=Houston Chronicle |author=Elizabeth Allen |date=July 10, 2009 |access-date=October 4, 2009 |url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2009_4764200 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111224152757/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2009_4764200 |archive-date=December 24, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> Although the Galveston Hospital was damaged by Hurricane Ike, the Shriners national convention held in July 2009 voted to repair and reopen the hospital.<ref name="galvestondailynews.com"/><ref>{{Cite web|title=Hospitals Listed by Specialty
|work=Shriners Hospitals for Children |access-date=October 5, 2009 |url=http://www.shrinershq.org/Hospitals_by_Specialty.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090826013034/http://www.shrinershq.org/Hospitals_by_Specialty.aspx <!--Added by H3llBot-->|archive-date=August 26, 2009}}</ref>