Brigham City Community Hospital

Name :

Brigham City Community Hospital

Address  :

950 Medical Dr

Town  :

Brigham City

State  :

Utah

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

84302

Phone  :

4357349471

Web URL  :

Available

Description

As the primary center of medicine for Box Elder County for more than four decades we are committed to delivering highquality medical care to all of our patients

History

Brigham City Community Hospital has been the primary center of medicine for Box Elder County for more than 45 years Throughout its ownership Hospital Corporation of America HCA has remained committed to ensuring that quality medical care is provided to the residents of northern Utah by utilizing the most uptodate technology available

Since 2007 BCCH has maintained a stateoftheart imaging center including an inhouse MRI a nuclear medicine scanner and digital mammography
In March 2009 a new 1 million outpatient surgery center was completed The upgrade consists of two GI suites and 14 pre and postoperative rooms providing our samedaysurgery patients with the comfort and privacy they deserve
In November of 2011 an Intermediate Care Unit IMC was opened to provide our hospital with the capability of monitoring patients with the most uptodate technology and is staffed 247 The IMC is capable of accommodating a variety of patients for observation postsurgical recoveries stroke care and more
In 2020 our emergency department was completely redone adding more patient rooms all of them private to better serve our growing community
Today Brigham City Community Hospital is part of the eighthospital MountainStar Healthcare network in Utah all of which are owned and operated by HCA Our community hospital is proud to provide personalized compassionate care through our dedicated physicians employees and volunteers available to serve 24 hours a day 7 days a week
More about our history in Brigham City
Numerous hospitals were opened in Brigham City from 1906 to the early 1920s when Dr AD Cooley converted a home at 400 South and Main into a hospital In 1935 Dr Cooley opened the Cooley Memorial Hospital which was purchased by the Call family in 1946 This hospital was operated as the only acute care facility in Brigham City until the opening of Brigham City Community Hospital in 1976

In 1974 Hospital Corporation of America HCA founder Dr Thomas F Frist met with local physicians to review plans to build a new modern medical hospital Groundbreaking for the 50000 square foot facility was held the following year Built at a cost of 45 million the contemporary 49bed Brigham City Community Hospital BCCH officially opened its doors to the public on July 31 1976

Since 1976 Brigham City Community Hospital has contributed millions of dollars in direct financial benefit to the community This is reflected in the local state and federal taxes that have been paid in addition to payment of salaries and wages capital funds reinvested charitable contributions uncompensated care public service and volunteer hours Scholarships have also been made available to local students who pursue advanced degrees in the healthcare professions

To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the opening of Brigham City Community Hospital in July of 2001 a complete history of the hospital was prepared by local author Sarah Yates entitled ldquoStitches in Timerdquo In this compilation Yates described more than 150 years of people caring for one another including midwives assisting in childbirth and treating illnesses with tonics herbs and common household solutions