# Intermountain Health: About Primary Children's Hospital

**Type:** source
**Status:** Useful
**Confidence:** Medium
**Source Type:** official-page
**URL:** https://prod.intermountainhealth.org/locations/primary-childrens-salt-lake-city/about
**Publisher:** Intermountain Health
**Retrieved:** 2026-08-12
**Raw:** raw/primary-childrens-hospital-official-about/2026-08-11-4b2aee08d62e.txt
**Updated:** 2026-08-11

## Summary

Intermountain Health's official history and overview of Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City.

## Useful Claims

- Primary Children's began in 1922 as a 35-bed facility in Salt Lake City.
- It partnered with the University of Utah School of Medicine beginning in 1977.
- The Salt Lake City hospital describes itself as a 289-bed academic pediatric medical center serving children with complex illnesses and injuries across six states.

## Verbatim

> Our journey started in 1922 with a 35-bed facility in a large Salt Lake City, Utah home. In 1952 we moved to a 70-bed facility and with community donations, kept growing to 170 beds. By 1977, we teamed up with the University of Utah School of Medicine, adding in the benefits of what education can bring to care.

Locator: “Our history.”

> As a nationally ranked academic pediatric medical center, our 289-bed facility treats children with complex illness and injuries across six states.

Locator: “Work with us.”

## Reliability Notes

Official operator source. Current capacity and service-area figures are self-reported and may change.

## Related Pages

- [Primary Children's Hospital](primary-childrens-hospital.md)