Article: Donors want hospital gift to spur region.(management of William Beaumont Hospital)

Byline: Sherri Begin

Eugene Applebaum is hoping the $2.5 million gift he and his wife Marcia made to William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak will help the region with its economic turnaround.

"We can have a reputation for being leading-edge in health care,'' the Arbor Drugs Inc. founder said.

"This will bring jobs to Michigan and people to fill those jobs.''

The couple's gift helped to fund a $4.5 million surgical learning center that's expected to draw surgical teams from around the country - and the globe - to learn advanced robotic and minimally invasive surgical techniques.

Surgeons train by operating on patients under the ...

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