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USC asks legislature to fund clinic expansion and staffing for new neurological hospital
Summary
University of South Carolina officials told the House health care subcommittee they have completed major construction milestones for a medical campus and are requesting recurring and capital funding to open a neurological and rehabilitation hospital and expand a statewide Brain Health Network.
University of South Carolina President Michael Amiridis told the House health care subcommittee on Feb. 20 that the university has made “substantial progress” on a new Health Sciences campus and a specialty neurological and rehabilitation hospital and is seeking continued legislative support for operations and clinic expansion.
Amiridis said the hospital project is a $300 million undertaking funded by a cumulative $200 million in state appropriations and $100 million the university set aside through its own funds; he said the project has not required borrowing. He said the university expects to cut the ribbon on its new medical school building in about 18 months and has scheduled a ribbon-cutting for the Brain Health…
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