Here are three things to know about the new medical center.
1. UMC New Orleans will open to patients on Aug. 1, replacing New Orleans-based Interim LSU Hospital. The outpatient clinic will open on the new campus Aug. 10, according to WWLTV.
2. UMC New Orleans features three patient towers with a capacity for 446 beds, including 60 behavioral health beds, 19 operation rooms, 56 emergency department exam rooms, nine acute treatment rooms and five trauma rooms, according to UMC.
3. The $1.1 billion facility serves as a key partner of LSU Health Science Center New Orleans, Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans and other academic institutions.
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