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A groundbreaking ceremony is held for Intermountain Health's new Multi-Specialty Clinic and Cancer Center in Saratoga Springs on Friday, April 18, 2025.

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Couple Scott and Laurie detail their experience with cancer during a groundbreaking ceremony for Intermountain Health's new Multi-Specialty Clinic and Cancer Center in Saratoga Springs on Friday, April 18, 2025.

Curtis Booker, Daily Herald

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Construction crews scoop dirt with shovels during a groundbreaking ceremony for Intermountain Health's new Multi-Specialty Clinic and Cancer Center in Saratoga Springs on Friday, April 18, 2025.

Curtis Booker, Daily Herald

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Shovels inside of dirt and an excavator are shown during a groundbreaking ceremony for Intermountain Health's new Multi-Specialty Clinic and Cancer Center in Saratoga Springs on Friday, April 18, 2025.

Curtis Booker, Daily Herald

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Mother Nature may have delivered chilly temperatures and blustery winds on Friday but hearts were filled with warmth amid a gathering of attendees outside of a soon-to-be-built medical facility in northwest Utah County.

Intermountain Health broke ground Friday on its new Multi-Specialty Clinic and Cancer Center in Saratoga Springs.

It was less than two years ago when Intermountain Health opened its emergency department and surgical center on the Saratoga Springs campus as a satellite extension of Intermountain’s American Fork Hospital.

Jason Wilson, Intermountain Health American Fork Hospital president, recalled that November 2023 day.

“I remember cutting a ribbon and the excitement in our caregivers’ eyes as we started providing services there,” Wilson said.

The new facility will be built on the existing campus in between the ER and surgical center.

For patients in northwest Utah County battling the affliction, the new facility will provide critical care closer to home.

It’s an experience cancer patient Laurie Stone knows firsthand.

During Friday’s event, she detailed her own journey with the illness after being diagnosed with uterine cancer two and a half years ago, leading to the need for major surgery and subsequent radiation treatments.

She and her husband, Scott, moved to Saratoga Springs over a decade ago, so they’ve watched the area’s population bloom in real time.

But that also means more traffic on the roads. Stone said they would have to travel to either American Fork or Utah Valley Hospital in Provo for treatments.

“American Fork is about a 25-minute round trip from our house,” she said before the crowd of attendees. “Utah Valley is about 45 to 50 (minutes), depending on the route that you take down there. Some of the appointments were for testing and all the experiences that we went through to prepare to have the radiation. It was a lot.”

Her husband was also more recently diagnosed with cancer.

While they are both grateful for the care they’ve received thus far, they are elated to soon have the Intermountain Saratoga Springs Clinic close in proximity.

“I’m so grateful for this center being here closer to home and that our community can take advantage of it,” Scott Stone said. “Thank you very much.”

The Intermountain Saratoga Springs Cancer Center will provide a variety of services including comprehensive medical oncology, advanced radiation services, infusion therapy and other cancer support services.

The multi-specialty clinic will offer a wide range of specialties housed under one roof, including OB-GYN, general surgery, orthopedics and sports medicine, urology, pediatrics, gastroenterology among other services, according to an Intermountain press release.

Over the past 18 months, Intermountain Health’s ER and surgical center on the Saratoga Springs campus has provided care for more than 15,000 people, according to Wilson.

Dr. Brandon Barney, Intermountain radiation oncology medical director, says at northwest Utah County continues to grow, the new facility underscores Intermountain Health’s commitment to meeting the growing needs.

“We know that a cancer diagnosis touches not only the individual but entire families and when that moment comes, patients deserve the very best care close to home,” Barney said. “That’s what this clinic will offer to this community. Patients here will have access to the same cutting-edge technology that they would get in Salt Lake or at Utah Valley Hospital. That includes retreatments with radiotherapy or chemotherapy. There’s not really going to be a disease site or a type of cancer that we won’t be able to treat here.”

Before the golden shovels scooped and turned the dirt, Wilson thanked construction partners and Saratoga Springs leaders.

“I want to thank our partners from Big D Construction, HKS Architects, city leaders from Saratoga Springs, the Chamber of Commerce and our leadership from Intermountain Health, who all believe in this community and our mission to help people live the healthiest lives possible,” he said.

The new clinic will be located at 392 W. Medical Drive in Saratoga Springs and is anticipated to open in fall 2026.