Mount Sinai Hospital has announced that Heather Reisman and Gerry Schwartz, archetypal philanthropic power couple, will donate $15 million to re-build and expand the emergency department that is already named after them. That’s because Reisman and Schwartz were the hospital’s patrons in its previous renewal some 20 years ago. The two live in the heart of west Rosedale and are known for the retail presence that is Indigo and for Onex Corporation, the fabulously well-financed private equity and investment firm. Mount Sinai said today the project will will double the size of its emergency department, transforming it to serve an aging demographic with chronic illness and complex needs. The hospital aims to become the first North American facility to support research into the fast-growing specialty of emergency medicine to find solutions to long wait times and system bottlenecks. Such a worthy goal.
