The new facility will be eight stories and 448,819 square feet and will have 144 patient beds. It will include 12 specialized operating rooms, MRI and CT services, lab facilities, a blood bank, and a stem cell lab, according to an Oct. 17 news release shared with Becker’s.
The center will be connected to the UT Health San Antonio Mays Cancer Center through a skybridge.
The university’s board of regents approved $80 million in funding toward the new hospital in 2019.
The hospital is slated to open in fall 2024 and add over 800 new jobs.
