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Oct 29, 2008 8:05 am US/Central

UTMB President Has Few Answers On Layoffs

(AP) The president of the University of Texas Medical Branch has told employees he's unsure whether they will have jobs because a lot of people have a say in what happens to the Hurricane-Ike damaged academic medical center.

Ike caused nearly $710 million in losses to UTMB and officials said about $100 million of the damage is covered by insurance.

UTMB planned to lay off one-third of its 12,000-employee work force but reversed course earlier this month.

That's because state legislators helped secure funding to save the 4,000 jobs at the state's oldest medical school.

The Galveston County Daily News reports UTMB president David L. Callender told 600 employees Tuesday that he did not have any answers about possible layoffs.

Administrators have organized several job fairs on campus to help employees find a new place to work if they want to.

UTMB will continue to pay salaries to employees who are not working until Nov. 14. After that, if the Legislature does not come up with another emergency funding plan, many medical branch employees are likely to be out of their jobs.

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