McKay-Dee Hospital Center
| McKay-Dee Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Intermountain Healthcare | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Ogden, Utah, United States |
| Coordinates | 41°11′00″N 111°57′15″W / 41.18333°N 111.95417°WCoordinates: 41°11′00″N 111°57′15″W / 41.18333°N 111.95417°W |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Public |
| Hospital type | Community |
| Services | |
| Beds | 310 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1910 |
| Links | |
| Website | Official website |
| Lists | Hospitals in Utah |
McKay-Dee Hospital is a not-for-profit community focused health system operated by Intermountain Healthcare. It is located in Ogden, Utah, United States. With 310 licensed beds, it is the 3rd largest hospital in the Intermountain system, and the 4th largest Hospital in Utah. Although not directly affiliated with the university, it is located just west of the main campus of Weber State University.
McKay-Dee Hospital offers nationally ranked programs including the Heart and Vascular Institute and Newborn ICU. Other programs include the Huntsman-Intermountain Cancer Center, McKay-Dee Spine Institute, Emergency and Trauma Services and the new Stewart Rehab Center. McKay-Dee Hospital serves northern Utah and portions of southeast Idaho and western Wyoming.
The original Thomas D. Dee Memorial Hospital at 24th Street and Harrison Boulevard in Ogden opened on December 29, 1910, and closed on July 12, 1969, with its patients transferring to the new David O. McKay Hospital at 3939 Harrison Boulevard.
The Dee, as it was called for 59 years, began a second life on November 10, 1971, when the new facility bearing the same name opened its doors adjacent to the McKay, as an integral part of the McKay-Dee Hospital Center.
From the very beginning, the story of the Dee Hospital has been interwoven with the life stories of the Dee family. The Thomas D. Dee Memorial Hospital was founded in 1910 by Annie Taylor Dee and her children as a memorial to their husband and father.
The Thomas D. Dee Memorial Hospital Association was incorporated February 3, 1910. Hospitals in the United States and Europe were studied and plans were prepared by Ogden architect L. S. Hodgson. The contract to build the Hospital was awarded to C. J. Humphris of Ogden for $46,625. The building's cornerstone was laid in the northwest corner of the building on September 27, 1910 at 12 noon, with community leaders and members of the Dee family attending. The Hospital was ready for occupancy on December 29, 1910, and was formally presented to the public in a ceremony on the fourth floor. Fifteen patients were transferred from Ogden General Hospital two days later.
Rates at the Hospital were $3 a day for a private room, $2 for a ward, and $25 for 14 days as a maternity patient. The operating room charge was $10. Nurses' work day was 12 hours with 1/2-day off per week when the patient load permitted. The first year's statistics show a total of 895 patients, 481 operations and 5 births.
In 1912, the first doctor began his internship at the Hospital, and in 1913 the Dee Hospital School of Nursing graduated its first class. Students were housed in the basement of the Hospital and classes were held in the evening after the students had worked full 12-hour shifts. Later, living quarters were moved to several houses near the Hospital, and this arrangement continued until August 1917, when a Nurses' Home was completed.
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