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125 years ago
The first LDS hospital in the Salt Lake Valley was founded July 17, 1882, according to an article about its history in the July 18, 1982, Church News.
The two-story Deseret Hospital at 50 S. 500 East was dedicated "almost 35 years to the day after the first pioneers arrived in the Salt Lake Valley," the article stated. "Relief Society leaders, with First Presidency approval, headed the project and made sure its first years were successful."
Relief Society President Eliza R. Snow was also president of the hospital association.
President John Taylor and President Wilford Woodruff spoke at the hospital's dedication.
According to the article, "President Woodruff emphasized the need for guidance of the Almighty in the treatment of the sick, and congratulated the sisters of the Relief Society for 'another labor of love."'
The cost for a week's stay in the hospital started at $8.
The article noted that the hospital "stopped taking patients in 1890 for financial reasons, but continued as a training school for nurses another 15 years."
Previously opened in the valley were the Episcopal Church's St. Mark's Hospital and the Catholic Church's Holy Cross Hospital.
