As Austin Brackenridge Hospital Officially Closes, Patients Move To New Teaching Hospital

[TexasTowelie]

This weekend, Brackenridge Hospital closed its doors after more than 130 years in Austin. Before that, though, they spent Sunday shuttling the hospital’s remaining patients to the brand new Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas, which is located just across the street.

Angel Torres Carmona, a nurse, was among the 1,500 hospital staff members helping move the 100-plus patients.

“Of course it’s a lot of preparation,” Carmona said. “We have a command center that is helping to guide every floor, every unit, every patient from this place to the other place.”

And of course it’s not just the patients moving to new digs. The entire medical and administrative staff is also moving to the new teaching hospital.

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[Demtexan]

1. My aunt went there for her training many years ago.

I did not know it was closing.