Torrance Medical Center to fund new orthopedic & spine institute with $32M donation: 5 takeaways

Torrance (Cal.) Medical Center will fund two new medical institutes for South Bay, Cal., residents with a $32 million donation from Richard and Melanie Lundquist, according to Daily Breeze. Mr. and Ms. Lundquist are community members who began donating to the hospital when Ms. Lundquist started volunteering there11 years ago.

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Here are five takeaways:

 

1. The donation will go towards establishing a neuroscience institute and an orthopedic and spine institute.

 

2. Torrance Memorial Medical Center is at 470-bed nonprofit medical center.

 

3. Previously Mr. and Ms. Lundquist donated $68 million to the hospital, including $50 million in 2013 to help pay for the medical center’s seven story tower addition.

 

4. Torrance Memorial Medical Center served around 10,000 patients last year with orthopedic, spine and neurological disorders.

 

5. Since the donation in 2013, Mr. and Ms. Lundquist have established a cardiovascular institute and expanded Torrance Medical Center’s emergency room.

 

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