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Porter Adventist Hospital
The Porter Adventist Hospital legacy began 75 years ago.
While traveling in California, Denver businessman Henry Poster became ill and sought
treatment at the Glendale Sanitarium. Ten years later, when Porter was near San Diego,
he again fell sick and went to Paradise Valley Sanitarium. His two experie1.1ces at these
Seventh-day Adventist organizations changed his life, and the face of healthcare in
Denver, forever.
The treatment he received in both facilities was unlike anything he had experienced
before. State-of-the-art hydrotherapy, coupled with remarkable kindness and a focus on healthful
living was revolutionary in Henry's day. Even more remarkable was a letter
Henry received from the bookkeeping clerk at the Paradise Valley Sanitarium, The clerk
sent an apology for overcharging Mr. Porter and enclosed a forty-five cent refund check.
Henry Porter was SO moved by the healthcare experience and the integrity of the clerk: he
decided to find a way to emulate that care in Denver by building a hospital that embraced
the Seventh-day Adventist philosophy of whole person care, blending the best of science
and spirit.
In 1930, with thanks to Henry's donation of land and money, construction of Porter
Adventist Hospital bcgan.