Alta View Hospital

Alta View Hospital is located in Sandy, Utah, United States, and is an Intermountain Healthcare member hospital.

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

In 2019, the hospital completed a renovation that resulted in a new emergency department, new inpatient physical therapy space and a rooftop helipad.[1]

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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