South Davis Community Hospital Patient Gets His Wish

BOUNTIFUL, Utah, July 8, 2010 –

On Friday July 9, a patient at South Davis Community Hospital (SDCH) will be granted a wish and take the ride of a lifetime. Recently, the 26-year-old expressed disappointment to one of his caregivers about never having ridden on a motorcycle. Within one hour the caregiver called an acquaintance who agreed to help fulfill the dream. The good Samaritans helping to grant the wish are Doug and Julie Rice of West Jordan. The Rices' have a sidecar that has been retrofitted to be handicap accessible. When the patient was first told that he would in fact get to go on a motorcycle ride by using a side car, he asked "what is a side car"; now he can hardly wait to hit the road!
The 20-mile ride will begin in front of South Davis Community Hospital at 10:00 a.m. and will take the group through Davis County from Bountiful to Farmington. The patient, who is a ventilator-dependent quadriplegic residing at SDCH for 24 years, will be accompanied on the motorcycle by the bike owner and his respiratory therapist Zetta Michie, who arranged the ride. The ride is expected to last less than an hour but will certainly leave a lasting memory. Members of the Hospital staff, local physicians, the Great Salt Lake Chapter of the Harley Owners Group, and the Utah Chapter of BACA have been invited to ride in the pack where this lucky young man will be the leader.

South Davis Community Hospital
Wins Best of State Award

South Davis Community Hospital (SDCH) is pleased to announce that it has been recognized as a
2010 recipient of a Utah Best of State Award. In the Merchandising & Consumer Services category, SDCH was honored for best Health Care Services. The medal was presented at the Best of State gala held on Saturday, May 29th in the Grand Ballroom of the Salt Palace Convention Center.

South Davis Community Hospital is a non-profit specialty care facility devoted to serving the
chronically ill. SDCH is a genuine “community hospital” with over 500 employees offering long term skilled nursing; long term acute care; pediatric transitional and long term care; home health and hospice services; orthopedic rehabilitation; assisted living; and, advanced respiratory services with tracheostomy and ventilator-dependent expertise.

“It is a privilege to be recognized by the Utah Best of State program,” said SDCH C.E.O. David Bland. “This honor is a tribute to South Davis Community Hospital’s dedicated employees and our commitment to provide quality care and compassion to our patients and customers.”

Best of State Awards were created to recognize outstanding individuals, organizations and
businesses in Utah. Each nomination is reviewed by more than 100 judges and is judged on its own merits and against specific criteria for each category.

South Davis Community Hospital
Invites you to participate in
Family Council

Thursday, February 18
5:00
First Floor Day Room

Topic: Restraints
Presented by Scott Anderson, Director of Nursing

What is Family Council?
Family council is a quarterly meeting that provides an opportunity for you to get to know facility leadership, learn more about topics relevant to your loved one’s stay at SDCH, and express ideas, suggestions, or concerns that you may have.

Light refreshments will be served

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Come and Trick or Treat With Us:

Join us on Saturday, October 31st from 3:30pm to 5:00pm for our annual community trick or treat activity. We invite all ghosts and goblins who are not showing any signs of coughing, fever, or other flu-like symptoms. We want this to be an enjoyable activity for everyone. We look forward to seeing you on Saturday. Any questions, please call Lois at (801) 397-8185

South Davis County Realtor Association
Taps Local Community Hospital for Charity Event

South Davis County Realtor Association held its First Annual Charity Golf Tournament to benefit the pediatric unit of South Davis Community Hospital (SDCH). The event was held at beautiful Bountiful Ridge Golf Course on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 with 96 golfers participating. The golfers, sponsors, and associates of the realtor association donated over $9,000 for the hospital.

Annie Hedberg, of Prudential Utah Real Estate in Bountiful, organized the event in conjunction with members of the local realtor association in South Davis County. Having experience with caring for her daughter Kailee, who suffered a tragic accident which required extensive medical care, this cause is especially close to her heart. “I was fortunate to have the means to care for my daughter for four years before she passed away from the complications due to her injury. Many of the children at SDCH do not always have direct family involvement. South Davis Community Hospital is a non-profit, independent corporation providing specialty care to kids of all ages, and we wanted to help the children in need.”

“We are honored and humbled that the realtor association selected South Davis Community Hospital as their annual charity” stated David Bland, CEO of the hospital. “It is truly a privilege for me to be a part of a team that is so passionately driven by the mission to care for these kids with complex medical conditions” added Nancy Murphy, M.D., Director of SDCH Pediatric Transitional Care Program.

For more information about South Davis Community Hospital and the specialty care they provide, visit http://www.sdch.com/.