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Behind the scenes of a transformative $50M hospital donation

The children of health care providers decided the best way to honor their parent's life work was a donation to a children's hospital.


  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 5:00 a.m. April 16, 2024
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St. Joseph's Children's Hospital medical personnel line up to present flowers to the Pagidipati family.
St. Joseph's Children's Hospital medical personnel line up to present flowers to the Pagidipati family.
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When Stephanie Conners visited the Tampa home of Sidd Pagidipati in November she didn’t really know what to expect.

A month earlier, BayCare Health System had announced it was building a new standalone children’s hospital on St. Joseph’s Tampa campus. Not long after that, the local businessman and philanthropist called her saying he wanted to meet.

 


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Louis Llovio

Louis Llovio is the deputy managing editor at the Business Observer. Before going to work at the Observer, the longtime business writer worked at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Maryland Daily Record and for the Baltimore Sun Media Group. He lives in Tampa.

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