Hospital gala raises $2.3M for new center Genting America’s East president honored for charitable work by JHMC

by Naeisha Rose Associate Editor

Guests were dressed to the nines for the 2nd Annual MediSys Fundraising Gala hosted by Jamaica Hospital Medical Center at the Hilton Midtown in Manhattan on Nov. 11.

Nearly 1,200 people attended the function, which raised more than $2.3 million to help grow the medical center’s new cancer program, according to JHMC.

The initiative is a collaboration with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, a world-renowned medical facility that specializes in treating 400 types of cancer, and it will lead to the erection of a MediSys Cancer Center at JHMC, which is located at 89-00 Van Wyck Expy.

The goal of the program is to bring topnotch cancer treatment to Queens, according to the hospital’s Instagram page.

A spokesman for the hospital said JHMC has plans for a groundbreaking for the cancer center for January 2024. All funds raised will go toward the program.

During the affair, Bob DeSalvio, president