Ashley Regional Medical Center Welcomes First Baby of 2022 

VERNAL, UT (January 2, 2022) – Ashley Regional Medical Center is ringing in 2022 with the year’s first bundle of joy. Weighing 7 pounds and 15 ounces and measuring 21 inches, Harper was born to Jessica and Jesse, Saturday, Jan. 1, at 11:47 AM.  Harper has seven siblings ages 16 to three years old, and is the family’s fourth girl.

Ashley Regional Women’s Center is committed to providing high quality, compassionate care close to home for new and expecting parents in the region. The Center offers top tier patient care with a NICU that can care for babies as young as 32 weeks, beautiful patient rooms, certified lactation specialists, and free community prenatal and breastfeeding classes. 

Ashley Regional has committed clinical and support staff who are passionate about providing high quality care for mothers and babies and creating a safe, welcoming and comfortable environment for them. It is our goal – and privilege – to help make the experience of welcoming a new baby a positive and memorable one for families.

Each year, a special New Year’s baby gift basket is put together that includes gifts from Ashley Regional and local businesses. It is an honor to present the thoughtful and generous gifts to the baby and parents. Thank you to all the local businesses that helped this year to make this basket special, including:

• Ashley Regional Women’s Center
• Ashley Trading Post
• Canton City
• Country Bear
• Cozy Minky Co.
• Get This Party Started
• Pure Bliss Day Spa
• The Beauty College
• Uintah Packing Co.
• Wild Mountain Fine Jewelers
• Wendy’s
• Vernal Floral, Inc

Ashley Regional Women’s Center is located at 150 W 100 N. To learn more or to schedule an appointment, please call 435.789.3342, or visit AshleyRegional.com. 

About Ashley Regional Medical Center

Through its 39-bed, Joint Commission-accredited acute care facility and physician practices, Ashley Regional Medical Center provides inpatient and outpatient services to the populations of Uintah, Duchesne and Daggett counties in Utah and Rio Blanco County in Colorado. It is a designated Level IV trauma center, an Accredited Chest Pain Center and has been designated as a Stroke Receiving Facility by the Utah State Department of Health. Ashley Regional has been recognized for excellence in quality indicators and measures by Health Insight, Chartis Center for Rural Health, Watson Health and other sources.

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