A ribbon cutting was held Nov. 10 to celebrate the opening of the new Transitional Unit on the 7th floor of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Hospital, the only hospital of its kind on the campus of any major health science institution. The new unit will allow health care providers to offer state-of-the-art services to patients with transitional acute care needs — including those who are ventilator-dependent or who need other rehabilitation — while improving safety and reducing the burden on the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit.