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A Methodist Hospital statement said this is the largest-ever single gift in the hospital’s 119-year history.
It is also the second donation the Charles Huang Foundation has made to hospitals this month, following a $7 million donation to San Francisco’s Chinese Hospital.
Huang was present Monday during a special ceremony at Methodist Hospital, along with other Charles Huang Foundation board members, and the hospital’s executive team and staff.
U.S. Congresswoman Judy Chu also attended, as did California Assembly Member Phillip Chen, Arcadia Mayor Tom Beck, San Marino Mayor Susan Jakubowski, other elected officials, and officials from the Consulate General of China in Los Angeles.
Officials at Methodist Hospital said the donation will be used for the construction and purchase of equipment for a new Hybrid Operating Room and a new 12-bed Pre-Operative/Post Anesthetic Care Unit. The new facility will be named The Charles Huang Foundation Hybrid Operating Center.
“We are so fortunate and pleased with this generous gift from Dr. Huang,” Mike Driebe, president of the Methodist Hospital Foundation, said.
The new Hybrid Operating Room will be an advanced procedural facility that integrates a traditional operating room with an image-guided interventional suite, allowing for highly complex, advanced surgical procedures by a multi-disciplinary group of clinicians prepared to meet the needs of patients. Hospital staff said It will have surgical equipment, instruments, surgical tables, operating room lighting, equipment management systems and surgical booms, along with fixed advanced imaging systems, where specialists will be able to perform image-guided procedures as minimally invasive procedures.
The new facility will be used for cardiac, vascular, endovascular, neurological and spinal surgeries.
“I have always been impressed with the level of care and services at Methodist Hospital for both my family and several of our employees,” Dr. Huang said. “It’s important for everyone to support local organizations like Methodist Hospital that do so much for our community. We want to do all in our power to help expand needed health care services at the local level. With this new hybrid operating center, Methodist Hospital will further distinguish itself as a center of excellence for cardiac surgery and serve a lot more patients in our local communities more efficiently and effectively.”
Dr. Huang considers Arcadia his adopted hometown and has resided there for more than 20 years. His eldest daughter recently gave birth to his first grandchild at Methodist Hospital, and two of his children were also born there and currently attend neighborhood schools.
Dr. Huang is the founder and chairman of Pasaca Capital Inc., also based in Pasadena. Pasaca Capital has various global portfolio companies in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East in medical devices, pharmaceuticals, TMT (technology, media and telecom), industrials and automation, and entertainment.
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