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.[1]

Alta View Hospital
Intermountain Healthcare
Intermountain Alta View Clinic
Geography
LocationSandy, Utah
Coordinates40°34′40″N 111°51′14″W

History

Alta View Hospital opened in 1982.[2]

In December 2017, the hospital opened the Alta View Clinic.[1] In February 2019, the hospital completed a $140 million expansion project.[1][3] In 2019, the hospital was named on IBM Watson Health's Top 100 Hospitals list.[4]

Hostage incident

The Alta View Hospital hostage incident 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 kill Dr. Glade Curtis who had performed a tubal ligation on his wife.[5][6][7] Worthington held the hostages for eighteen hours.[6] He was talked into surrendering and releasing the remaining hostages by Sergeant Don Bell and Detective Jill Candland of the Salt Lake City police department.[7][8] A nurse was killed by Worthington in the incident.[5]

References
  1. Lee, Jasen (2019-01-30). "Revamped Alta View Hospital set to open in Sandy". Deseret News. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  2. Dyrda, Laura (19 July 2019). "100 great community hospitals | 2019". Becker's Hospital Review. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  3. Chinn, Surae (2019-02-01). "Alta View Hospital expansion is complete and set to open to the public". ABC4 Utah. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  4. "4 Intermountain Healthcare facilities make Top 100 Hospitals list". ABC4 Utah. 2019-03-18. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  5. Funk, Marianne (1992-05-09). "RICHARD WORTHINGTON BLAMES EX-WIFE FOR ALTA VIEW SIEGE". Deseret News. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  6. West, Brian (1993-11-12). "WORTHINGTON HANGS SELF IN NEVADA PRISON CELL". Deseret News. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  7. Mathews, Jay (22 September 1991). "UTAH MAN SURRENDERS AFTER KILLING NURSE, HOLDING 9 HOSTAGES FOR 17 HOURS". The Washington Post.
  8. West, Brian (1992-03-29). "HOSPITAL HELD HOSTAGE". Deseret News. Retrieved 2020-08-11.



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