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]
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]
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