The Mobile City Council voted Tuesday to chip in $10 million toward the $200 million medical school that the University of South Alabama plans to break ground on before the end of year.
Although the vote was unanimous, District 2 Councilman William Carroll raised objections. He said the city has major affordable housing needs that the city should focus its efforts on.
“When we tell the story, that we’re actually training doctors – there’s a national shortage of doctors – we’re also training nurses in the building next door,” he said just before the council vote. “There’s a national shortage of nurses. And we’re doing a really good job of both. It’s really an easy sell when you talk to people who understand how important quality health care is to the quality of life of the community.
earlier this year and is taking on more debt for the medical school. What’s more, he said, the university’s hospitals provided $100 million in care last year to patients who could not pay.“It’s very expensive to run a university,” he told reporters. “We’ve got our own police force. We have our own maintenance crew, taking care of everything from the lawn to the buildings.”
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