Top-tier cancer hospital expected to add to MUSC Health’s growing debt

By: Jessica Holdman

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: January 20, 2026

Words: 633

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago

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COLUMBIA — The Medical University of South Carolina’s hospital system will need take on more debt and privately fundraise to achieve its ambitions of opening a top-tier cancer center in downtown Charleston.

MUSC Health plans to raise $200 million in charitable donations to help pay for the planned new cancer hospital, medical college president David Cole told a House budget panel. It also will need to finance another chunk of funding — how much is …

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