The family of the late Sheldon Adelson has announced a $40 million donation to the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center in support of a cancer treatment center, Israel Hayom reports.

The Adelson National Center for Advanced Cancer Therapy will be constructed over five years in the medical center’s southwest wing. The 43,000-square-foot center will include basement parking, an underground wing for proton therapy, an oncology institute, a medical imaging services support center, a molecular oncology institute, and a rehabilitation and support services center for oncology patients. In addition, the pediatric hematology-oncology unit, which currently is in the center’s Dana-Dwek Children’s Hospital, will be moved to the cancer center. The center will be directly connected to Tel Aviv’s light-rail tunnel currently under construction.

Planned before Adelson’s death but announced on the one-year anniversary of his passing, the gift will enable the medical center to begin construction on the tower while it raises additional funding for the $225 million project.

The Adelson family owns the company that is the primary shareholder in Israel Hayom, where Miriam Adelson serves as publisher.

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