Alta View Hospital

	Alta View Hospital Alta View Hospital is an Intermountain Healthcare member hospital located in Sandy, Utah, United States. In 2019, the hospital completed a renovation that resulted in a new emergency department, new inpatient physical therapy space and a rooftop helipad. History Alta View Hospital opened in 1982. In December 2017, the hospital opened the Alta View Clinic. In February 2019, the hospital completed a $140 million expansion project. In 2019, the hospital was named on IBM Watson Health's Top 100 Hospitals list. Hostage incident The Alta View Hospital hostage incident The Alta View Hospital hostage incident began September 20, 1991, when Richard Worthington, armed with a shotgun, a .357 Magnum revolver, and sticks of dynamite arrived at Alta View Hospital in Sandy, Utah, in an attempt to kill Dr. Glade Curtis ... began the night of September 20, 1991, when Richard Worthington, armed with a shotgun, a handgun and sticks of dynamite arrived at Alta View Hospital in an attempt to k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Intermountain Healthcare Intermountain Healthcare is a not-for-profit healthcare system and is the largest healthcare provider in the Intermountain West of the United States. Intermountain Healthcare provides ambulatory and acute health services, along with other medical services, through 385 clinics and 33 hospitals in Utah, Idaho, Nevada and additional affiliations in other areas. It also offers integrated managed care under the insurance brand "SelectHealth." Intermountain Healthcare is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, and has more than 42,000 employees.Intermountain and Colorado-based SCL Health announced that they completed their merger on April 1st, 2022. The combined system employs than 58,000 people and operates 33 hospitals. History Intermountain Healthcare was founded on April 1, 1975 after the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints donated fifteen hospitals, as a system, to the intermountain community. In 1982, Intermountain Healthcare began providing non-hospital services such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Sandy, Utah Sandy is a city in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, located in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. The population of Sandy was 87,461 at the 2010 census, making it the sixth-largest city in Utah. The population is currently estimated to be about 96,380 according to the July 1, 2019 United States Census estimates. Sandy is home to the Shops at South Town shopping mall; the Jordan Commons entertainment, office and dining complex; and the Mountain America Exposition Center. It is also the location of the soccer-specific America First Field (formerly known as Rio Tinto Stadium), which hosts Real Salt Lake and Utah Royals FC home games, and opened on October 8, 2008. The city is currently developing a walkable and transit-oriented city center called The Cairns. A formal master plan was adopted in January 2017 to accommodate regional growth and outlines developments and related guidelines through the next 25 years, while dividing the city center into distinct villages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Alta View Hospital Hostage Incident The Alta View Hospital hostage incident began September 20, 1991, when Richard Worthington, armed with a shotgun, a .357 Magnum revolver, and sticks of dynamite arrived at Alta View Hospital Alta View Hospital is an Intermountain Healthcare member hospital located in Sandy, Utah, United States. In 2019, the hospital completed a renovation that resulted in a new emergency department, new inpatient physical therapy space and a rooftop ... in Sandy, Utah, in an attempt to kill Dr. Glade Curtis, who had performed a tubal ligation requested by his wife, Karen Worthington. Worthington entered the Hospital's Women's Center and took as hostages two nurses, a patient giving birth, her sister, the father, and two newborn babies. Curtis saw what was happening and hid in his office, where he called the police. After Worthington took nurses Susan Woolley and Karla Roth to the parking lot, the police told him to freeze and Roth attempted to wrestle Worthington's shotgun from his hands and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Hospitals In Salt Lake County, Utah A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emergency department to treat urgent health problems ranging from fire and accident victims to a sudden illness. A district hospital typically is the major health care facility in its region, with many beds for intensive care and additional beds for patients who need long-term care. Specialized hospitals include trauma centers, rehabilitation hospitals, children's hospitals, seniors' (geriatric) hospitals, and hospitals for dealing with specific medical needs such as psychiatric treatment (see psychiatric hospital) and certain disease categories. Specialized hospitals can help reduce health care costs compared to general hospitals. Hospitals are classified as general, specialty, or government depending on the sources of income received. A teaching ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Intermountain Health Intermountain Health (formerly Intermountain Healthcare) is a not-for-profit healthcare system and is the largest healthcare provider in the Intermountain West of the United States. Intermountain Healthcare provides ambulatory and acute health services, along with other medical services, through 385 clinics and 33 hospitals in Utah, Idaho, Nevada and additional affiliations in other areas. It also offers integrated managed care under the insurance brand "SelectHealth." Intermountain Healthcare is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, and has more than 42,000 employees.Intermountain and Colorado-based SCL Health announced that they completed their merger on April 1st, 2022. The combined system employs more than 58,000 people and operates 33 hospitals. History Intermountain Health was founded on April 1, 1975, after the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints donated fifteen hospitals, as a system, to the intermountain community. In 1982, Intermountain Healthcare began prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]