KPRC-TV (Ch. 2, Houston), Nov. 18, 2008 The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, heavily damaged by Hurricane Ike, began notifying 3,800 workers on Tuesday that they will be laid off. The layoffs are part of work force reduction authorized last week by the University of Texas System Board of Regents, which said it was forced to make the job cuts because the teaching hospital was running out of money. The regents authorized the elimination of up to 3,800 full-time jobs.