Rendering of Sanford Black Hills Medical Center campus in Rapid City, SD
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KFGO) – Sanford Health says a landmark gift will transform health care in western South Dakota and the Black Hills region for generations to come.
Denny Sanford made a $300 million gift to Sanford Health to help establish the Sanford Black Hills Medical Center campus in Rapid City. The new medical center 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.
Denny Sanford has given nearly $2 billion to Sanford Health. His first gift was to establish the Sanford Children’s Hospital in 2004. In 2021, he made an historic $650 million investment, launching a virtual care initiative to improve patient access to care and expanding graduate medical education programs to strengthen the rural physician pipeline.
“His philanthropic gifts have transformed health care across the region, touched the lives of millions and will continue to benefit the communities we serve for generations to come,” said Bill Gassen, president and CEO of Sanford Health. “We are honored to carry forward his remarkable legacy in the Black Hills.”
“This is a momentous day for patients and residents in the Black Hills,” said Lew Papendick, M.D., board chair of the Sanford Black Hills Surgical Hospital. “The new Sanford Black Hills Medical Center campus will attract even more exceptional physicians in a wide variety of specialties to the region and bring advanced care closer to home for our community.”
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.
The proposed 480,000-square-foot Sanford Black Hills Medical Center campus will include 168 inpatient beds, future campus expansion for additional 168 beds, emergency department bays, surgical suites and procedure rooms, cath labs, full inpatient and outpatient imaging suites, dialysis center, oncology infusion center and children’s outpatient and inpatient services.
Rendering of Sanford Black Hills Medical Center campus in Rapid City, SD
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