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Tuesday October 9, 2001

UMC plans to discontinue Level 1 trauma care

Service could remain available if another local hospital agrees to enter partnership

UMC will no longer offer level one trauma care at year's end if no other Southern Arizona hospital joins it in a partnership to offer level one trauma care.

Officials said yesterday University Medical Center does not have the staff or space to be Southern Arizona's only level one trauma center - which has the capacity to efficiently handle any medical emergency.

UMC's decision comes two weeks after the Tucson Medical Center announced it would be closing its level one trauma center because of financial losses.

"We looked at staff and resources; it became clear at the present time UMC cannot be the only level one trauma center in town," said Dr. Harvey Meislin, acting head of emergency medicine department at UMC.

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