METAIRIE, La. -- New Orleans Saints and New Orleans Pelicans owners Tom Benson and Gayle Benson are donating $20 million to Ochsner Health System for cancer care and research, Ochsner announced Tuesday.
The Gayle and Tom Benson Cancer Center opened at Ochsner Medical Center in 2010.
“When we first opened the cancer center, we knew that our partnership with Ochsner would allow us to help so many people in our region. For years, too many of our local and state-wide residents needed to seek cancer care away from home and we needed to address that,” Benson said in a statement.