sentences:  The decision to build a "voluntary" hospital on land donated by Henry Ford II and Ford Motor Company was controversial at the time, as Dearborn mayor Orville L. Hubbard supported a competing proposal for a municipal facility.After months of contentious debate, the voluntary hospital plan was approved, with the ground-breaking taking place in August 1950.Beaumont Health
  
  In March 2014, the Beaumont Health System, along with Botsford Health Care and Oakwood Healthcare, signed a letter of intent to merge their operations.