San Francisco (AP) - Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla donate $ 75 million for a hospital in San Francisco. It should continue to wear their name.
The donation will the San Francisco General Hospital allow to double the area in the emergency room and four times to accommodate more beds, Zuckerberg wrote in a Facebook entry on Friday. In addition, should be replaced with a part of the converted EUR 66.3 million the equipment.
The hospital should get the name of the couple and the future Priscilla and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital say the foundation of the institution announced. With the money a long planned new building will completed. It is probably the largest donation from individuals to a public hospital in the United States. In the General Hospital around 100 000 patients are treated each year, almost every third ambulance ride goes there. The donation is about one-tenth of the annual budget.
Priscilla worked in recent years as aspiring pediatrician in the General Hospital, the 30-year-old Zuckerberg explained the decision. He and his wife wanted to give something back from the success of Facebook. Zuckerberg had donated $ 100 million for schools in the state of New Jersey, among other things four years ago. Last fall, the couple supported the fight against the Ebola epidemic of 25 million dollars.
The success of Facebook has made Zuckerberg a multi-billionaire. His fortune - which consists mainly of Facebook shares - is more than $ 30 billion.
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