Article: CHRIST TO EXPAND WITH $77M GIFT GRANT MAKES HEART-CARE UNIT, SCHOOL POSSIBLE.(NEWS)

Christ Hospital plans to build a new nursing school and heart-care unit and double the size of its emergency room, all with a $77 million gift from the charitable foundation that supports it.

The funding, announced Thursday, is the largest single gift ever made by the Elizabeth Gamble Deaconess Home Association.

And the project is the first major construction at Christ since 1988, when its outpatient services building opened.

''The association is commited to assuring the long-term success of the Christ Hospital as a provider of state-of-the-art . . . services in this community,'' said Jim Bushman, chairman of the Gamble foundation, which has ...

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