{"id":39534,"date":"2011-07-05T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-05T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=39534"},"modified":"2011-08-02T10:34:59","modified_gmt":"2011-08-02T14:34:59","slug":"elements-of-uconn-health-center-master-plan-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2011\/07\/elements-of-uconn-health-center-master-plan-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Elements of UConn Health Center ‘Master Plan’ Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Master Plan is expanding to include components of Bioscience Connecticut, including an ambulatory care center and renovation of the \u201cL\u201d building. Click on image for a larger view.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A \u201cMaster Plan\u201d of the UConn Health Center\u2019s hospital construction and renovation projects is taking shape, and the steering committee tasked with creating it is out with some early details.<\/p>\n

In addition to the plans approved last year to renovate John Dempsey Hospital and build a second patient care tower, the Master Plan is in the process of being expanded to include renovations called for under Gov. Dannel P. Malloy\u2019s Bioscience Connecticut proposal<\/a>. Those would include renovation of the \u201cL\u201d building, construction of a new ambulatory care center on the lower campus, and increases in class sizes at both the medical and dental schools.<\/p>\n

Dr. Cato T. Laurencin<\/a>, vice president for health affairs and medical school dean, together with the steering committee, outlined elements of the plan in an announcement to Health Center faculty, staff and students<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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