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CityBusiness staff reports//July 31, 2015//
Listen to this articleUniversity Medical Center opens its doors to patients tomorrow when current Interim LSU Hospital patients move to the new facility.
The $1.1 billion, 2.3 million-square-foot building in Mid-City has 60 behavioral health beds, 19 operation rooms, 56 exam rooms, nine acute treatment rooms and five trauma rooms. It was designed by NBBJ Architecture.
Two thousand existing staff members at the Interim LSU Hospital have been training at the new facility.
LCMC Health, which will manage UMC, expects to eventually hire about 1,000 more staff.
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