Torrance (Calif.) Memorial Medical Center has received a $50 million gift to help finish construction on its new patient tower, according to a Los Angeles Times report.
Donors Melanie and Richard Lundquist of Los Angeles are co-chairs of a capital campaign to raise money for the construction. Their gift is one of the top ten biggest philanthropic gifts to a U.S. healthcare institution this year, according to the report.
The new patient tower is scheduled to be completed in summer 2014.
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