SIOUX FALLS — Families across the region will soon have greater access to pediatric health care, thanks to a $35 million gift from philanthropist B. Thomas Golisano, according to an announcement by Avera Health.
The donation is the largest single gift in Avera’s history and will support the construction of a new children’s hospital in Sioux Falls.
The new facility, to be named Avera Golisano Children’s Hospital, will be part of a six-story, $165 million patient care tower at Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center. The tower is expected to open in early 2027 and will add 220,000 square feet of centralized hospital space for birthing, newborn nursery and pediatric care…