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University of Chicago Medicine received approval from the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board to begin designing and planning the state's first freestanding cancer center, which will cost $633 million.

The largest donation in Sparrow Health System's history, $5 million from cancer survivors James and Judith Herbert, will be used to create an endowment for its cancer center genomics program, NBC affiliate WILX 10 reported March 14.

Six hospital construction projects with price tags of $1 billion or more have been announced or have advanced since Dec. 1, 2021, as reported by Becker's.

San Francisco-based Dignity Health held a March 11 groundbreaking for the building phase of its $350 million renovation of Mercy Hospital in Bakersfield, Calif.

Four healthcare organizations have honored their donors or their donors' loved ones in the last month by naming a facility after them:

Galveston-based University of Texas Medical Branch has named its medical school the John Sealy School of Medicine in honor of a late 19th century Texas entrepreneur and philanthropist and his foundation.

Six hospital construction projects have been announced or have advanced in the last few weeks, as reported by Becker's.

Fayetteville, N.C.-based Cape Fear Valley Health System is planning a $110 million expansion of its flagship hospital, Cape Fear Valley Medical Center.

The Wistar Institute Cancer Center in Philadelphia is getting a new name after receiving a $10 million gift from Ronald Caplan, founder and president of PMC Property Group, and his wife Ellen, the center said March 8. 

Memphis (Tenn.) International Airport and Memphis-based St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will open an airport lounge for patients and their families March 24.