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Click Here To Make Donations The Uintah Basin Rehabiliation and Senior Villa (The Villa) is a reflection of the caring contributions the community and Uintah Basin Healthcare have for the residents of the Uintah Basin. The Villa was opened for the community at the same time the foundation was introduced. Financial donations helped provide artwork, enhanced living areas and improved activities for the residents and patients. The 90-bed facility provides transition healthcare services for rehabilitation patients coming from the hospital to their home, secure healthcare for alzheimer patients, and acute healthcare for long-term residents. Click Here to See Photos of the Villa Donations Built The Hospital Roosevelt was homesteaded in 1905. A physical isolation from the larger communities of the Wasatch Front left local settlers to their own means when they needed medical care. After enduring three decades of illness and injury with home remedies and overworked, scare healthcare providers, the residents of Roosevelt and surroudning communities become convinced that they needed to build a hospital. Local Donations and Labor The LDS church worked with community minded individuals to establish a hospital for the region. The church would fund 60 percent of the building if 40 percent would come local donations. The corner of State Street and 200 North was selected to be the site for the new hosptial. Construction of the hospital began in 1939. The original estimated cost of the facility was $30,000. Local residents, and civic organizations, excited about the prospect of a "modern" hospital, contributed all they could, donating labor and cash to assist in the construction. Fundraisers from bake sales to street dances were held to raise the necessary funds. Construction of the hospital was completed in 1942. Two more years passed before the new facility could open because there was not enough money to purchase needed equipment. Once again, residents went to raising needed funds for $20,000 worth of medical equipment. The new Roosevelt LDS Hospital finally opened its doors on August 14, 1944. A public dedication ceremony was held OCtober 20th of the same year. The everyday functions of the hospital continued to rely on a strong spirit of volunteerism. Patient meals were cooked at the hospital on weekdays, but all weekend meals were brought in by community volunteers. The hospital grounds were taken care of and maintained almost entirely by volunteers. Women in the community took on the endless chore of laundering linens, bed sheets and bandages in an era when almost nothing was disposable. All of this was done by a willing community with no remuneration. |
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