Earlier this month, Boston Children’s Hospital received a $100 million donation earmarked for pediatric behavioral health, the largest gift in the hospital’s history.
The “transformational donation,” as the hospital called it, was given by Rob and Karen Hale, a billionaire Quincy couple known widely for their philanthropy.
The $100 million will help fund a state-of-the-art $640 million pediatric psych hospital amid a capacity crisis for mental health beds. It will offer both inpatient and outpatient services on the campus of Franciscan Children’s in Brighton…