Primary Children's Medical Center

Primary Children's Medical Center

The Primary Children's Medical Center is a children's hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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The Primary

Childr [en's Center had its beginnings in the efforts of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to provide adequate medical care to citizens of the western USA. An LDS organization and building, named "Deseret Hospital", was first fo [unded

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in 1882 in Salt Lake City, but it closed for financial reasons in 1900. In 1905 another effort resulted in the "Dr. W. H. Groves Hospital" in Salt Lake City,] funded largely by a bequest from an English dentist who had migrated to Utah. Its successor] , "LDS Hos""'Italic text"pital", also in Salt Lake City, continues today.

In 1911 some LDS Church leaders pushed for a separate facility geared to needs of infants and young patients. By 1913 a children's ward had been established at the LDS Hospital, and by 1922 a separate facility for children was established in a large Salt Lake City house. It was run by the Primary Association (the auxiliary organization of the LDS Church which deals with teaching and care of children), thus the name. During those years, the LDS Church encouraged its members to donate to the hospital's fund by an annual fund-raising effort, "Pennies By The Inch", in which members were asked to donate as many pennies as they were tall (in inches).

In 1953 a larger building located near the top of the Avenues area of Salt Lake (the hilly portion of northeast Salt Lake City) had been constructed for the Primary Children's Hospital and was placed in use. It was substantially enlarged in 1966, gaining nearly twice its original area.

In 1974 the LDS Church decided to divest itself of the ownership and operation of several of its non-church-related activities such as health-care facilities. In 1975 its hospitals were turned over to the Intermountain Health Care group, which still owns and operates the Primary Children's Hospital. However, in 1990 the Avenues facility was closed and was transferred to a larger facility on the University of Utah medical campus. University faculty provide care for patients at Primary Children's Medical Center, and the University of Utah pediatric residency program and Medical School use Primary Children's Medical Center as their pediatric training site.

ee also

* May Anderson

External links

* [http://www.intermountainhealthcare.org/xp/public/primary/ Official Site of The Primary Children's Medical Center]
* [http://www.lightplanet.com/mormons/daily/health/Hospital_EOM.htm/ History of SLC Hospitals]


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