WHEN MINUTES MEAN EVERYTHING
At 2:47 am on a February morning, Sarah Martinez went into labor after a difficult pregnancy— three weeks early, in the middle of a snowstorm. Her husband called 911, terrified. Within eight minutes, she was in the skilled hands of GVH’s emergency team. Mother and baby were safe.
Without Gunnison Valley Health, that same emergency would have meant a 65-mile ambulance ride over Monarch Pass in whiteout conditions. For Sarah’s family, GVH wasn’t just convenient—it was lifesaving.
This is the reality for 17,000 permanent residents, thousands of seasonal residents and workers, and countless visitors who depend on Gunnison Valley Health every single day. We are the only hospital for 50 miles in any direction. We are the difference between care and catastrophe, and each year we treat hundreds of patients whose lives would have been lost or seriously compromised if they had to be transported outside the valley for care.
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