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Show ; - " hK UK,; , . t t i ' ' i 'v : ii ! Wayne Ross, Garfeild County Memorial Hospital administrator; Dr. Kent Richards, Intermountain Health Care vice president; Dennis Moser, GMH assistant administrator; PANGUITCH Local dignitaries digni-taries and their guests cut the ribbon on Friday that officially opened the new long term care facility at Garfield Memorial Hospilal. Hospital administrator Wayne Ross welcomed honored guests, introducing in-troducing then to the crowd in attendance. at-tendance. Representing Intermountain Intermoun-tain Health Care were Mike Falck, vice president; Jon Hoopes, chief operating officer of family practice hospitals; Gary Fames, chief executive exec-utive officer of the hospital division; divi-sion; and Dr. Kent Richards, a senior vice president who also offered remarks during the ceremony. cere-mony. Ross expressed appreciation to all who had worked so hard, as groups and as individuals, in working work-ing on the project and in fund-raising efforts, and to his hospilal staff for inconveniences and many extra hours of hard work. Assistant Administrator Dennis Moser, to whom Ross expressed special appreciation for spearheading spearhead-ing the project over many long months, explained the three-fold purpose of the facility, to fulfill the need for extended family care lo- Deon Alvey Farfield Council on Aging; Deann Brown ; John Houston, Panguitch mayor; and Maloy Dodds, Garfield County commissioner were among ribbon cutting dignitaries. Ribbon-Cutting Marks Opening Of New Long Term Care Center cally, to strengthen service and facilities fa-cilities already offered, and to effectively ef-fectively bolster the hospital, adding to the infrastructure of the county for potential growth. Moser explained the prior frustration frus-tration of watching the hospital's patients leave to find the extended care they required in unfamiliar ' surroundings away from family and friends. Now, he said, patients recuperating re-cuperating from hip and knee replacements, re-placements, and physical and rehabilitation reha-bilitation therapy for stroke and accident victims can be offered. The new facility, with its 30 swing beds, will provide both intermediate in-termediate and extended care for patients. Twenty-four of the beds are located in the new wing in double-occupancy, semi-private rooms. The other six beds are located in the original hospital wing. The new center includes a spacious day room with windows revealing a beautiful view of the eastern mountain range. Television, a player piano and space for dining and activities complete its attractions. Adjacent are areas for barber and beauty shops and a family visiting and consultation area for privacy. Dr. Kent Richards, iHC vice president, said he could "feel the community spirit" at the ceremony, and commended those involved for their foresight. New Garfield County Commissioner Maloy Dodds praised earlier commissioners commission-ers for their foresight in keeping the proceeds from the sale of the previous previ-ous hospital set aside for health care. He commended Moser and Dr. E. Terry Henrie for their many years of dedicated service. AI Barlow, chairman of the Garfield Memorial Health Care Foundation said he "never felt so humble" as he did in the many months of extending his hand for funds for the facility and watching the generosity displayed county-wide. county-wide. He reminded everyone that still more fund raising is ahead, more "gun running" as he calls it, referring to the many rifles, saddles, etc donated as auction items for fund raisers. |