Texas Cable News, Oct. 14, 2008 UT System leaders and state leaders are scheduled to meet in Austin inside the governor's office Tuesday to decide the fate of thousands of UTMB employees. The Galveston hospital says layoffs are necessary. Thousands of medical jobs are at stake. This could be a decisive blow to the island's economy as residents try to rebuild a month after Hurricane Ike pounded the area. Now leaders must decide how to shore up UTMB.