Representatives from Intermountain St. George Regional Hospital presented service metrics and community investments to the Hurricane City Council on Nov. 3 and outlined planned facility growth.

John Cottam, a board member, and hospital leaders highlighted recognitions and recent expansions. The hospital reported more than 2,800 employees, over 800 members of the medical staff, 20,000 inpatient admissions and 71,000 emergency-department visits systemwide. Leadership said the system provided approximately $29 million in charity care and community benefit; roughly $16 million of that was attributed to Hurricane-area residents.

Hospital officials described a planned Surgical Tower expansion that will add four operating rooms and increase space for central processing and perioperative teams. They also noted recent primary-care clinic openings and investments in access to care, behavioral-health resources for adolescents and new cellular therapy collection services that reduce patient travel time for specialized treatments.

Hospital leaders emphasized the nonprofit role in community care: "Being a nonprofit...allows us to provide services and procedures a lot of hospitals won't provide because they aren't well reimbursed," a presenter said, adding the hospital can use revenue to support charity care and local programs.

Hospital staff also summarized a recent community-health needs assessment that identified priorities for Hurricane beginning in 2026: improved mental health services, investments in social drivers of health (food security, housing stability), greater access to care and childhood injury prevention.

Council members thanked hospital leadership and noted personal experiences with timely local care; the presentation concluded with offers to continue collaboration on community health initiatives.