H.C.R. 11
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9 General Description:
10 This concurrent resolution of the Legislature and the Governor recognizes the 100th
11 anniversary of Logan Regional Hospital.
12 Highlighted Provisions:
13 This resolution:
14 . recognizes the 100th anniversary of Logan Regional Hospital.
15 Special Clauses:
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18 Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah, the Governor concurring therein:
19 WHEREAS, Logan Regional Hospital and its predecessors have offered 100 years of
20 continuous health care service to the residents of Northern Utah;
21 WHEREAS, tens of thousands of professionals have served at the three hospitals that
22 have become Intermountain Logan Regional Hospital;
23 WHEREAS, hundreds of thousands of Utah residents have received medical care
24 during Logan Regional Hospital's 100 years of service;
25 WHEREAS, in 1914, the Utah Idaho Hospital was opened in Logan;
26 WHEREAS, the Utah Idaho Hospital had 60 beds and an X-ray machine and boasted
27 "modern patient conveniences";
28 WHEREAS, in 1925, the Utah Idaho Hospital was renamed the William Budge
29 Memorial Hospital and was expanded to 100 beds and six operating rooms;
30 WHEREAS, in 1948, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints assumed
31 ownership of the hospital, remodeled the facility, and renamed it Logan LDS Hospital;
32 WHEREAS, the LDS Church owned and operated the Logan LDS Hospital until 1975,
33 when it divested hospital operations to the creation of Intermountain Healthcare as a
34 not-for-profit, community-based hospital system with the charge to become a model of health
35 care excellence;
36 WHEREAS, in 1975, the Logan LDS Hospital name was changed to the Logan
37 Hospital and offered 126 beds and 55 doctors on staff;
38 WHEREAS, in 1979, the Logan Hospital opened on a new campus and in 1980 was
39 renamed the Logan Regional Hospital;
40 WHEREAS, the Logan Regional Hospital included a 24-hour emergency room and new
41 services like an independent blood bank and psychiatric ward;
42 WHEREAS, construction of the new hospital was aided by nearly $2 million in private
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44 WHEREAS, in 2007, the Logan Regional Hospital opened a new three-story women's
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46 WHEREAS, in 2008, thanks to $2 million in community donations, Logan Regional
47 Hospital opened the Huntsman-Intermountain Cancer Center;
48 WHEREAS, in 2012, a new Catheterization Lab was added with the help of over
49 $500,000 in donations from the community;
50 WHEREAS, today the hospital has 148 beds and offers a full range of hospital services;
51 WHEREAS, Logan Regional Hospital's contribution to the community at large is a
52 recognition of its responsibility to provide safety net health care services, community support,
53 and healing to the residents of the Cache Valley region, regardless of ability to pay, in the form
54 of millions of dollars of charity care each year;
55 WHEREAS, progress toward new additions and growth in health services has come
56 through careful planning, acquiring a single piece of equipment at a time, with each year's
57 efforts building on the last;
58 WHEREAS, each time a new state-of-the-art facility or device has been needed,
59 funding has been provided, sometimes through debt, sometimes through philanthropy, and
60 sometimes from the operations of the hospital; and
61 WHEREAS, each time, funding has been the result of not-for-profit community
62 governance:
63 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of the state of Utah, the
64 Governor concurring therein, recognizes the 100th anniversary of the Logan Regional Hospital.
65 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be sent to the board of
66 directors of the Logan Regional Hospital.
Legislative Review Note
as of 2-18-14 12:35 PM