Vail Health Hospital is a

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, in

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. Originally established as a small

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in 1965, the hospital now has 56 beds. The hospital is a Level III trauma center.

History

Vail Health Hospital began as Vail Clinic in 1965 and was staffed by just one doctor, Dr. Tom Steinberg. The first hospital building was constructed in 1967, and it was expanded in 1979. In 1980, the clinic changed its name to Vail Valley Medical Center. By this year, it had 25 full-time doctors on its staff. Major expansions took place in 1987, 1989, and 2001, when Vail Health's Shaw Regional Cancer Center opened. In 2017, Vail Valley Medical Center changed its name to Vail Health, its current name.

2020 expansion

In December 2020, the hospital opened a new, $194 million wing, the East Wing. The wing brings the hospital campus's total

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to . The new wing features a

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on the roof, with an elevator that brings patients directly to the

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Vail Health

The umbrella organization behind Vail Health Hospital is Vail Health, a nonprofit

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governed by a board of directors. Vail Health also operates satellite clinics in

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counties. The clinics are located in Avon, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge,

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, Frisco,

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, and Silverthorne.

References

External links

Hospital website
Hospitals in Colorado Buildings and structures in Eagle County, Colorado Hospitals established in 1965 1965 establishments in Colorado {{Colorado-hospital-stub