Sanford Health is set to establish a new medical campus in Rapid City, South Dakota, US, following a $300m gift from philanthropist Denny Sanford, intended to expand healthcare access across the Black Hills region.
The Sanford Black Hills Medical Center will span 480,000ft² and provide 168 inpatient beds with plans for an additional 168 beds in the future.
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It will feature cath labs, a comprehensive women’s health centre with delivery and labour units, children’s services, dialysis, emergency department, full inpatient and outpatient imaging, an ICU, oncology services, and surgical suites.
The facility’s construction will start in 2027 and is set for completion by 2030.
Sanford Health’s partnership with Denny Sanford began in 2004 and has extended to almost $2bn in total support.
Notably, his $650m donation in 2021 launched a virtual care initiative for linking technology and clinicians with communities in the upper Midwest, while also strengthening rural medical education.
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By GlobalDataSanford Health will invest $10m over the next decade from 2026 to collaborate with local schools and post-secondary institutions.
It will use $2.5m for expanding the Aspire programme to provide hands-on healthcare learning to over 13,000 K-12 students, $4.5m to enhance sponsorships at regional post-secondary educational establishments and $3m to support technical education through Build Dakota.
Sanford Health president and CEO Bill Gassen said: “Mr Sanford’s extraordinary generosity and vision inspire what we do every day at Sanford Health. His philanthropic gifts have transformed healthcare across the region, touched the lives of millions and will continue to benefit the communities we serve for generations to come.”
The announcement follows Sanford Health’s partnership with Black Hills Surgical Hospital (BHSH), Black Hills Orthopedic and Spine Center (BHOSC), Black Hills Surgery Center of Wyoming, and Black Hills Urgent Care.
Black Hills Surgical Hospital introduced a photon counting CT scanner and the DaVinci robot and added cardiovascular services.
In August 2024, Sanford Health partnered with Infor to implement the latter’s suite of cloud-based applications to streamline and upgrade operations.
