Pop star Rihanna donating to a hospital $ 1.75 m
Pop star Rihanna donating to a hospital $ 1.75 m
The 24-year-old said that the gift will pay for three pieces of medical equipment that was her way of "giving back to Barbados."
"I think it's a huge impact on the people of Barbados to have. This was all done to save lives, or at least extend them."
The singer's grandmother, Clara "Dolly" Braithwaite, died in June.
She had fought a long battle against cancer.
Hospital radiotherapy unit was renamed Clara Braithwaite Centre for Oncology and Nuclear Medicine.
Rihanna, whose real name is Robyn Fenty, made the announcement on a visit to the hospital over the weekend, where she was accompanied by her mother, Monica, and grandfather, Lionel Braithwaite.
He was particularly close to her grandmother, and took a last minute break from her European festival tour in June to spend some time with her at the hospital.
When she died on 30 June, the pop star took to Twitter and posted some pictures of the two together, writes, "my heart laughed and cried together."
Born and raised in Barbados, Rihanna is one of the most successful female musicians in the world.
Since its debut in 2005, she released an album every year except the 2008th
Her latest, fanatical, her first U.S. number one, and gave her a worldwide hit with the first single, Diamonds.
The 24-year-old said that the gift will pay for three pieces of medical equipment that was her way of "giving back to Barbados."
"I think it's a huge impact on the people of Barbados to have. This was all done to save lives, or at least extend them."
The singer's grandmother, Clara "Dolly" Braithwaite, died in June.
She had fought a long battle against cancer.
Hospital radiotherapy unit was renamed Clara Braithwaite Centre for Oncology and Nuclear Medicine.
Rihanna, whose real name is Robyn Fenty, made the announcement on a visit to the hospital over the weekend, where she was accompanied by her mother, Monica, and grandfather, Lionel Braithwaite.
He was particularly close to her grandmother, and took a last minute break from her European festival tour in June to spend some time with her at the hospital.
When she died on 30 June, the pop star took to Twitter and posted some pictures of the two together, writes, "my heart laughed and cried together."
Born and raised in Barbados, Rihanna is one of the most successful female musicians in the world.
Since its debut in 2005, she released an album every year except the 2008th
Her latest, fanatical, her first U.S. number one, and gave her a worldwide hit with the first single, Diamonds.
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