Alta View Hospital | |
---|---|
Intermountain Healthcare | |
![]() Intermountain Alta View Clinic | |
| |
Geography | |
Location | Sandy, Utah |
Coordinates | 40°34′40″N 111°51′14″W / 40.57778°N 111.85389°W |
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 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]
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]
Alta View Hospital | |
---|---|
Intermountain Healthcare | |
![]() Intermountain Alta View Clinic | |
| |
Geography | |
Location | Sandy, Utah |
Coordinates | 40°34′40″N 111°51′14″W / 40.57778°N 111.85389°W |
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 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]
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]