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Boston Medical Center gets its largest gift ever, $25m to fight opioid crisis

The Grayken Center for Addiction Medicine, funded by the billionaire investor, will open at Boston Medical Center. Craig F. Walker / Boston Globe

Boston Medical Center has received a $25 million gift, the largest in its history, and plans to use the money to fight what it calls the “heartbreaking” public health crisis caused by drug addiction and the opioid epidemic.

The donation to BMC, which serves more low-income patients than any other medical facility in New England, will create the Grayken Center for Addiction Medicine, named after billionaire investor and South Shore native John Grayken and his wife, Eilene.

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