University Medical Center (UMC) is a public, non-profit 412 bed hospital in Lubbock, Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

. UMC is the primary hospital of the UMC Health System and is owned by the taxpayers of Lubbock County, Texas It serves as the primary teaching hospital for the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center offers programs in Allied Health Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy. TTUHSC's main campus is in Lubbock, but campuses are also located in Abilene, Amarillo, Dallas, El Paso and the Permian Basin...

 (TTUHSC). UMC had the first Level 1 Trauma Center in Texas, and it is still the only Level 1 Trauma Center in the region. UMC's Timothy J. Harnar Burn Center is the only Burn Center in the region. UMC's Children's Hospital is a part of the Children's Miracle Network

Children's Miracle Network

The Children's Miracle Network Hospitals is an international non-profit organization that raises funds for children's hospitals, medical research and community awareness of children's health issues. The organization, founded in 1982 by the Osmond family and John Schneider, is headquartered in...

and includes a pediatric intensive care unit and a neonatal intensive care unit..