Posted May 23, 2023, 4:54 PM
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Originally Posted by jaysb
Agree, coming up Grey Ferry Ave from the SW it's very impressive, reminds me of The MD Anderson Houston Medical Center.
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Except that the Texas Medical Center in Houston, which I think is what you mean, is exponentially bigger than what the Penn Medicine/CHOP complex can ever be:
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The Texas Medical Center (TMC) is a 2.1-square-mile (5.4 km2)[1] medical district and neighborhood in south-central Houston, Texas, United States, immediately south of the Museum District and west of Texas State Highway 288. Over 60 medical institutions, largely concentrated in a triangular area between Brays Bayou, Rice University, and Hermann Park, are members of the Texas Medical Center Corporation—a non-profit umbrella organization—which constitutes the largest medical complex in the world.[1]
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The Texas Medical Center employs over 106,000 people, hosts 10 million patient encounters annually, and has a gross domestic product of US$25 billion.[1]
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The Texas Medical Center contains 54 medicine-related institutions, with 21 hospitals and eight specialty institutions, eight academic and research institutions, four medical schools, seven nursing schools, three public health organizations, two pharmacy schools and a dental school.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Medical_Center
It really is a singularly amazing medical complex--the largest in the world as quoted above. But you're right that the Penn Medicine/CHOP complex is somewhat reminiscent of it--in its own small way.
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