About Us

Delta County Memorial Hospital, currently doing business as Delta Health, is a county-wide healthcare system that has been serving the Western Slope for over 100 years. We have grown to a 49-bed hospital with locations throughout Delta County. We proudly provide a wide range of medical services that meet the diverse needs of our community members. At all stages of life, we are here to provide remarkable care in a healing environment.

From Cardiac Rehabilitation to Emergency Services, our dedicated, professional team is committed to delivering extraordinary care. Delta Health is here to provide compassionate, quality healthcare that our community will trust.

Delta Health is a community-based healthcare system dedicated to the health and well being of ALL residents of Delta County and any other individuals seeking medical assistance or health care at our organization. Delta Health has a strategic plan for advanicng health equity. This strategic plan includes a focus on four domains … Identification of priority populations, health equity goals and action plans, resources dedicated to achieveing equity goals and engaging the community in those health equity goals. 

Delta Health

In 1965, the Delta County Memorial Hospital District was formed. A new hospital was constructed at 100 Stafford Lane for the cost of $1.7 million. The hospital was called Delta County Memorial Hospital. It had a total of 30,000 square feet and 32 beds. An addition was completed in 1982, totaling 30,000 square feet. It added space for additional beds, Medical Records, Chapel, Admitting / Business Office and Administration. It brought the hospital up to a total of 60,000 square feet.

Expanding Or Replacing?

In 2002, the hospital began looking at either expanding or replacing the building. An extensive investigation by an architect and an engineer, hired by the Hospital Board of Directors, was conducted. They determined that, in order to construct a new hospital facility, it would only cost 10% more dollars than to remodel the present one. Also, it would take one year less in construction to build a new facility. Furthermore, building a new facility could bring additional efficiencies as well as long-term physical planning. It was also taken into account that the 1982 hospital addition had some significant structural problems that were causing considerable concern in the operation of the facility.

So, in October 2002, the hospital began construction of a new Delta County Memorial Hospital. It was completed in June 2004. This new hospital was built just south of the 1975 facility. The building was financed with the sale of tax-exempt revenue bonds. A $10 million 5-year equipment loan financed the equipment for the new hospital.

The Board agreed that, while the hospital should be planned for 100 beds, it should only be constructed for 49 beds. The hospital, through a Master Plan, will determine how to expand the new hospital in the future to accommodate 100 beds.

New Services And Remodeling

After completing the move into the new hospital in June 2004, the Board and Administration began the process of strategic planning for the next three years. During the planning, construction and move-in phase of the new hospital, major changes occurred in the delivery of healthcare at Delta County Memorial Hospital.

Some of these changes resulted because of the construction of the new hospital and the planning and implementation of new medical services in the facility. Other changes happened through the recruitment of additional physician specialists to the community during this period of time.

The following new services and expanded services were added to the capabilities of Delta County Memorial Hospital through the construction of the new building: fixed-based MRI scanning, third operating room, sleep lab, additional pulmonary testing, additional ultrasound capabilities, digital radiology capabilities, additional cardiac rehabilitative services, stereotactic breast biopsy services, and additional obstetrical capabilities.

In November of 2007, the Hospital completed the remodeling of a part of the old Hospital building, originally built in 1975. The main focus was to develop a cancer center after recruiting a full-time Oncologist in September of 2007. A portion of the building was also built out to house educational classrooms and offices. In 2008, another part of the building was completed to house Rheumatology services.