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University of California, Davis Medical Center Affiliation of the Sacramento County Hospital with the University ofCalifornia, Davis, School of Medicine was agreed upon in 1966. The County and the University shared costs and the school started functioning with 48 students on September 23,1968. On October 25, the hospital's name was changed to Sacramento Medical Center. On July 1,1973, the University of California purchased the hospital and it became the teach ing site for the UC Davis School of Medicine. In 1978, it was renamed the University of California, Davis, Medical Center, Sacramento. When the University purchased the facility in 1973, it acquired a hospital with several buildings that were seismically deficient and had a total square footage that was grossly inadequate to meet its patient care, educational, and research responsibilities. By 1993, the University of California had invested over $200 million in capital improvements to change the face of the medical center. An inpatient acute care tower was completed in 1982 to replace portions ofthe North/South wing of the main hospital. The Emergency Department and Primary Care Center were remodeled and expanded. Anew administrative support facil ity was completed. The North/South wing of the main hospital underwent m^gor restoration for patient care, administra tive, and academic support services. As the medical campus for the School of Medicine, the UC Davis Medical Center's programs quickly expanded. It was designated the region's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Bum Center, and Poison Control Center.
