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  1. I was walking to the TMC commons yesterday when I noticed that the fenced in area next to the Methodist Research Center construction site said "Texas Heart Institute Phase 1 Expansion". Anybody have any info on this? It's right next to the current THI building - between it and the Methodist Research construction.

    They are already in the process of expand SLEH. The expansion is further back off the road, not a very large structure expansion.

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  2. They ran out of money which is no surprise since there wasn't sufficient funding for the billion dollar hospital in the first place. That's what happens with an organization run by a bunch of egotistical physicians with knee jerk reactions. With the possibility of socialized medicine on the horizon they have no chance of ever paying for this project. I look for them to put the place up for sale although it's doubtful they will find a buyer.

    Actually, if you look at the board roster, most of them are not physicians, they are CEO's, chairman, lawyers, etc.. So, its actually a bunch of incompetent folks who know nothing about academic medicine.

    Board Members

    * Mrs. Barbara B. Allbritton

    Director and Executive Vice President,

    Allbritton Communications Company

    * Mr. Robert H. Allen (Chair of the BCM Board)

    Private Investor

    * Mrs. Laura Elena Mu

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  3. I have heard from a BCM staffer that one of the conditions of the breakup of the Baylor College of Medicine from Baylor University (in the 1960's) was that if the College of Medicine were to associate itself with another (then) Southwest Conference school it could no longer use the Baylor name. The proposed name would be something like the DeBakey College of Medicine at Rice University. Yes, the DeBakey name would definitely be used.

    My source also said that the influential Jewish leadership of the Texas Children's Hospital really did not want to see Baylor re-associate itself with a "sectarian" institution (presumably Methodist or St. Luke's.) and that was one of the reasons why Rice was so attractive.

    That plus apparently a lot of board overlap among Rice and BCM.

    The time frame of this merger would be dependent upon substantial completion of the BCM hospital building structure so that it could be taken over by Harris County as a psychiatric hospital.

    I have no way to substantiate any of this since I am hearing it secondhand. Just thought it was interesting.

    My sources say that the original plan for the BCM hospital and clinic is still a go; The real question that needs to be answered is what happens to all of the faculty at SLEH when the new hospital opens. I think BCM has the potential to take a large faculty hit when this happens. Some of these folks are perfectly happy where they are and don't want to leave.

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  4. I noticed that a building Belonging to methodist was being Demo'ed, but I don't recall hearing anything about it.

    It amazes me that there is so much stuff going on in the medical center alone that it's getting to be very difficult to keep track of.

    The building being demoed is to make way for the new Methodist inpatient building.

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