Lutheran Medical Center (Colorado)

Lutheran Medical Center is a hospital in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.

Lutheran Medical Center
Intermountain Health
Geography
Location8300 West 38th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, United States
Coordinates39°46′06″N 105°05′25″W
Organization
TypeGeneral
Services
Emergency departmentLevel II trauma center
Beds543[1]
History
Opened1905
Links
Websitewww.lutheranmedicalcenter.org
ListsHospitals in Colorado

History

On May 6, 1903, members of St. John's Lutheran Church in Denver met to begin planning a TB sanitarium for the region.[2] In 1905, the Evangelical Lutheran Sanitarium, a tent colony for tuberculosis patients, opened in Wheat Ridge, a few miles west of Denver's city limits. As the demand for tuberculosis treatment waned, the facility moved toward serving Jefferson County as a general medical facility. Lutheran Hospital opened in 1961 and grew along with the county, expanding significantly in 1964 and 1968. The 1970s brought a name change to Lutheran Medical Center, a six floor tower addition in 1973, and expansion of the Critical Care Unit in 1985.[3]

In 1997, Lutheran Medical Center, Saint Joseph Hospital and the Primera Healthcare physician group integrated to form Exempla Healthcare.[4]

In 2010, a new 12 room operating suite, an 18-bed recovery room and a 24-bed pre-surgery area opened in the five-story North Pavilion addition, as part of a five-year building project that added 295,000 square feet to the campus.[5]

References
  1. usnews.com: Health: Directory of America's Hospitals: Exempla Lutheran Medical Center -- At a Glance
  2. "St. John's History". 2017. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  3. "Exempla - ELMC History". 2004. Archived from the original on 2001-12-14. Retrieved 2002-02-09.
  4. "Health-care company gets 'Exempla' moniker". The Denver Business Journal. 1997-09-26. Retrieved 2002-02-09.
  5. "Lutheran Medical Center addition operates with a new routine" Karen Groves, Denver Post. 24 May 2010
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