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Two patient towers contain 286 all-private patient rooms. Other features include a 32-bed intensive care unit, a 21,000-square-foot (2,000 m 2) emergency department, expanded maternity services, and a surgical suite with 10 operating rooms. [5] Total cost for the construction project was estimated at $267 million.
UTMC first opened its doors on August 7, 1956, as the University of Tennessee Memorial Hospital. By the 1960s, the hospital acquired more facilities for research, patient care, and residency training. In 1971 the UT Board of Trustees allowed 20 senior medical students from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine to train at UTMC.