WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
DIXIE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
(River Road Campus)
St. George, Utah
LOCATION
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1380 East Medical Center Drive
St. George, UT 84790 (435)251-1000 http://intermountainhealthcare.org/hospitals/dixie Northeast of the corner of River Road and Foremaster Drive (700 South). |
HISTORY
In 1993, Intermountain Healthcare purchased 61 acres on the northeast corner of River Road andForemaster Drive (700 South) for a new hospital facility.
In 2000, ground-breaking took place for a new five story, 144 bed hospital which retained the name,
Dixie Regional Medical Center. Construction on the new $100 million campus began in 2001
The new facility opened on November 24, 2003. It greatly advanced healthcare in the tri-state region.
Among the new services the hospital was able to add were open heart surgery, acute rehabilitation,
and newborn intensive care. The old DRMC Hospital was retained as a supplementary 400 East Campus.
After expansions on both campuses, the patient bed total was 245 in 2004.
On September 1, 2009, IHC opened the new Health and Performance Center just east of the River Road
hospital on the north side of Foremaster Drive.
Life Flight helicopter services begin at Dixie Regional Medical Center on January 14, 2011.
In 2014, the hospital received certification as a Level 2 Trauma Center.
On June 17, 2016, an "Up! Ceremony" was held to mark the official start of construction for a massive expansion
project planned for the River Road campus. The project will double the size of the complex and will be the largest
construction project in the county to date. The project will add four buildings with 500,000 square feet of space
and cost $300 million. The goal is to complete the project by 2018.
PHOTOS
TBDREFERENCES
IHC Dixie Regional Medical Center HistoryIntermountain Dixie Regional Medical Center, Medical Staff and Hospital Services Directory
To view or download the Summer 2011 edition, click here
To view or download the Summer 2012 edition, click here
To view or download the Fall 2013 edition, click here
To view or download the Fall 2014 (2014-2015) edition, click here
To view or download the Fall 2015 (2015-2016) edition, click here
To view or download the Fall 2016 (2016-2017) edition, click here
To view or download the 2018 (2018-2018) edition, click here
To view or download the 2019 (2019-2019) edition, click here
Healing for life, Intermountain Dixie Regional Medical Center
Booklet, Around 2013
To view or download it, click here
Healing for life, Intermountain Dixie Regional Medical Center
Booklet, 2016
To view or download it, click here
Looking back on Dixie Medical Center; 40 years and counting
article by Mori Kessler, St. George News, May 19, 2016
Dixie Regional Medical Center celebrates inauguration of massive construction project
article by Don Gilman, St. George News, June 18, 2016
Dixie Regional Medical Center to host celebratory 'Growing Together Ceremony' coinciding with
annual NICU reunion
article by Mikayla Shoup, St. George News, August 25, 2018
More than just screenings and assessments, 28th annual health fair to include tours of hospital expansion
article by Mikayla Shoup, St. George News, September 1, 2018
St. George News tours DRMC expanded facilities in advance of hospital's grand opening celebration
article by Mikayla Shoup, St. George News, September 6, 2018
DRMC to break ground on Legacy Plaza to honor health care history, heroes of Southern Utah
article by Mikayla Shoup, St. George News, September 9, 2018