Medical

The Grand Junction area is a regional medical and health center serving a population of approximately of 500,000 in western Colorado and eastern Utah and is the largest between Denver and Salt Lake City. Consequently the level of medical and health services are superb and are uncommon to a community of this size:
• In August 2001 the President’s Quality Award was presented to the Grand Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Press release.
• The area has 6.3 hospital beds per 1,000 people compared to the US average of 5.2 per 1,000.
• Grand Junction has a high ratio of doctors to population, boasting 190 specialists and 60 family practitioners.
• The community also has extensive facilities for the care of our senior residents, with 14 nursing homes and many retirement living centers.

There are three major hospitals in the Grand Junction area - all feature state of the art facilities and emergency transport services:

St Mary's Hospital & Medical Center - (970) 244-2273. The largest hospital is St. Mary's, a licensed facility with 346 beds, with a Level II Trauma Center with Air Life emergency transport service and a Level II Neonatology Center. They also offer a full range of psychiatric services, dialysis, open heart surgery, and a comprehensive oncology clinic.

Community Hospital - 970-242-0920. Licensed facility with 65 beds, provides the community with complete surgical services, 24-hour emergency care center, critical care unit, imaging center, full rehabilitative therapy services and a comprehensive occupational medicine program.

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center - 970-242-0731. A federal health facility with 53 acute and long term beds, provides inpatient and ambulatory medicine, surgery and psychiatric services to all veterans.