BIG SANDY, MT — The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has granted $500,000 to help Big Sandy Medical Center (BSMC) complete construction of a building to house its computer tomography (CT) scanner.
Construction on the facility began in spring 2025, and crews poured cement and erected the building’s walls by the fall. But as project costs nearly doubled, the hospital upped its fundraising efforts to offset rising costs.
Helmsley’s grant will ensure that CT scanning is offered locally, providing patients faster diagnoses, improved treatment plans, and shorter travel times, said Ron...