Hospital named for Jewish couple appears as ‘NAZI HOSPITAL’ after light mishap
A HOSPITAL named after a Jewish couple has had a major sign malfunction when the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Hospital was accidentally abbreviated to “Nazi Hospital”. The Indiana hospital was built off the back of Sidney and Lois Eskenazi’s $40 million donation in 2011. The philanthropic couple is Jewish. The ironic lighting mishap was caught […]
A HOSPITAL named after a Jewish couple has had a major sign malfunction when the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Hospital was accidentally abbreviated to “Nazi Hospital”.
The Indiana hospital was built off the back of Sidney and Lois Eskenazi’s $40 million donation in 2011. The philanthropic couple is Jewish.
The ironic lighting mishap was caught by an eagle-eyed Twitter user, Rachel Bell, who posted a picture of the cringe-worthy power failure on the side of the massive hospital building.
The couple gave the Eskenazi Health Foundation $40million to build the new hospital facilities in downtown Indianapolis.
It was the largest donation ever received by the hospital and one of the largest gifts to a public hospital in the US at the time.
The Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County (HHC) recognized the gift by renaming the hospital after the Eskenazis.
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According to its website it has “the only verified adult burn center in Indiana”.
The Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital and Eskenazi Health campus officially opened its doors on December 7, 2013.
They had met at Indiana University as students, meeting at a restaurant through a mutual friend.
Soon the couple got married, with Sidney establishing the Sandor Development Company in 1963.
The company became a successful real estate development company that would eventually own more than 70 properties in 23 states.
As the company continued growing, Lois worked as a medical and lab technician.
Sidney established a scholarship fund at Indiana University in 1970.
The Eskenazi Hall in IU’s Herron School of Art Design is also named in honor of the couple’s contribution and support of the school.
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