A Rich History of Care, Innovation, and Success

The origins of South Davis Community Hospital (SDCH) extend back to the 1950s when local physicians saw the need to develop a hospital to serve the citizens of fast-growing south Davis County.  Together, a group of local business leaders, community physicians and county citizens combined efforts which resulted in creating SDCH as an acute care hospital, officially incorporating in December of 1960 and opening its doors to patients in the summer of 1961.

SDCH operated as the local acute hospital until the mid-1970s when it was determined that two hospitals were needed for the county.  Layton, Utah became home of today’s Common Spirit Holy Cross Davis Hospital, and in 1974 construction began of Lakeview Hospital in Bountiful, located just east around the corner from SDCH.  When Lakeview Hospital opened in September 1976, SDCH served its last acute-care hospital patient and closed for remodeling to reopen in April 1977 as a specialty care center.

With a staff of 400 dedicated employees, SDCH is an organization devoted to pioneering technologies and specialized programs that improve the health and well-being of its patients. SDCH also serves as a teaching and training site for more than five colleges and 500 students each year, giving them valuable exposure to the Hospital’s advanced respiratory therapy program and complex care that focuses on healing and rehabilitation.

Discover through our past how SDCH has evolved and advanced to become an award-winning organization with a reputation built on providing the highest quality of care from committed employees to serve the residents of Utah, the Intermountain West, and surrounding states offering the most effective specialty health care programs to their citizens.