What Sets Us Apart
Our History
1975
The Garfield Memorial Hospital was built by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saint (LDS Church) starting in 1975 with a combination of fundraisers, direct donations, private donations, and government grants. However, before it was completed in 1976, the LDS Church divested itself of its hospitals and turned over operations to a newly formed nonprofit organization, Intermountain Healthcare, which at the time was known as Intermountain Health Care [IHC]. IHC assumed the operations of fifteen hospitals in Utah, Southeastern Idaho, and Southwestern Wyoming, including Garfield Memorial Hospital.
1996
However, even though the hospital was operated by IHC, it was actually owned by Garfield County for its first decade. Notwithstanding, IHC obtained ownership for the second decade of operation before it reverted to back to Garfield County in the year 2000. Despite the changes in ownership, it has been continually operated by Intermountain Healthcare. In 1996 an additional wing was added to the hospital.
2021
The quality of care Garfield Memorial Hospital provides rural southern Utah is second to none. Expansion of services, as well as addition of a mobile mammography unit and mobile clinic and pharmacy helps to provide essential resources to the outlying, rural communities of central and southern Utah, and enables these communities to have access to high quality medical care, close to home. The success of this rural clinic network continues to serve as a model for all of Intermountain Healthcare.
Our History
1975
1996
2021
Hospital Leadership
DeAnn Brown, CNM
Hospital Administrator
Hailie Pollock
Nurse Administrator
Dr. Colin Marshall, DO
Medical Director
Board of Trustees
Leland Pollock
Board Chair
Ron Hatch
Vice Chair
Art Cooper
Trustee
Scott Dalton
Trustee
Wendy Eyre
Trustee
Brent Griffin
Trustee
Ron Harris
Trustee
Sam Marshall
Trustee
Kim Soper
Trustee
Jon Torgerson
Trustee
Melani Torgerson
Trustee
John Yardley
Trustee
Kerry Alvey
Trustee