Sioux Falls, South Dakota — The company that runs Sanford Sheldon Medical Center will soon have a major facility in South Dakota’s second-biggest city.
Sanford Health has announced a landmark gift from what they call “the world’s greatest health care philanthropist” that will transform health care in western South Dakota and the Black Hills region for generations to come.
Denny Sanford has made a $300 million philanthropic gift to Sanford Health to help establish the Sanford Black Hills Medical Center campus in Rapid City, South Dakota. The new state-of-the-art medical center campus will expand access to specialty care and services including an emergency department, ICU, oncology center, comprehensive women’s health including a labor and delivery unit, and children’s services.
Since 2004, Mr. Sanford has given nearly $2 billion to Sanford Health. What began with his first gift to establish the Sanford Children’s Hospital in 2004 has grown into a legacy of transformative philanthropy.
The campus will be located in southwest Rapid City, adjacent to the Black Hills Orthopedic & Spine Center. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2027 with completion expected by 2030.
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