In my childhood, the hospital was known as the Nora Frances Henderson -- now commonly called the Henderson.
It is right to honour the financial contributors, but not at the expense of the original force honoured in the hospital's name!
To expect such a reward for a donation is uncharitable, and to think that the donors expect such a reward is probably an insult to their generosity.
It is also, "faint praise" as they must know that 50 years from now the name may change again . . .
The bottom line: Leave the name in tact; honour the new donors with name recogintion on a hall, an auditorium, in a mural . . . if need be. The thanks really is in the act of giving, not in anything concrete a community can hand over . . . for a few decades . . .
Respectfully,
Judy Taylor
Hamilton