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BY JOHN DORSCHNER
Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute announced Monday it is planning a campaign to raise $60 million for a new capital expansion campaign to expand its facilities at the Baptist Hospital campus in Kendall.
The 10-year plan includes new spaces to integrate spaces interventional cardiology, vascular surgery, heart surgery and interventional radiology to prepare for future innovations. In most hospitals, these disciplines are set apart. The project will include developing a Center for Aneurysm Therapy.
The fund-raising drive will start with Celine Dion performing at a private concert on Dec. 16. Dion is donating her time because of her gratitude about the way the institute treated her husband three years ago, Baptist said.
For the aneurysm center, Victor E. Clarke announced he would match all grants up to $5 million, Baptist said.
Baptist Health South Florida, which includes the cardiac institute, operates Baptist, Doctors, South Miami and Homestead Hospitals in southern Miami-Dade.
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