Conejos County Hospital

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Conejos County Hospital
San Luis Valley Health
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The hospital's main entrance
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The hospital's location in Colorado.
Geography
Location19021 Hwy 285
La Jara, Colorado 81140, Conejos County, Colorado, United States
Coordinates 37°15′47″N105°57′56″W / 37.26306°N 105.96556°W / 37.26306; -105.96556 [1]
Organization
Funding Non-profit hospital
Type General
Services
Emergency department Level IV trauma center
Beds17
History
Opened1963
Links
Website www.sanluisvalleyhealth.org/locations/conejos-county-hospital/
Lists Hospitals in Colorado

Conejos County Hospital is a critical access hospital in La Jara, Colorado, in Conejos County. [2] The hospital has 17 beds. [3]

Contents

The hospital is a Level IV trauma center. [3]

The hospital serves Conejos and Costilla counties in the San Luis Valley. It is the only emergency service provider in the two counties. [4]

History and organization

The hospital was established in 1963. It was originally started and staffed by Mennonites who continued running the hospital through the 1970s. [5] [6] The hospital completed a $6 million expansion in 2019, which included an upgrade to its emergency rooms.

The hospital is one of two hospitals (and several regional clinics) that make up San Luis Valley Health (SLV Health), a small hospital network. The other hospital in the network is the San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center in Alamosa. SLV Health was founded in 2013. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Conejos County Hospital". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "San Luis Valley Health Conejos County Hospital". Colorado Hospital Association. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Conejos County Hospital, La Jara, CO 81141". American Hospital Directory. April 8, 2020. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Conejos County Hospital". San Luis Valley Health. 2020. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Mennonites celebrate 50+ years of service". Valley Courier. Alamosa, Colorado. May 9, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  6. ↑ Unrau, Harlan D. (October 1, 2011). "Conejos County Hospital (La Jara, Colorado, USA)". Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  7. ↑ "About SLVH". San Luis Valley Health. 2020. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
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