Community, Institutional News, Patient Impact, Vitals Magazine Fall 2025

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An ambitious expansion of the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center’s Patient Pavilion is underway.

Exterior of Patient Pavilion at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

Published: November 4, 2025

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An ambitious expansion of the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center’s Patient Pavilion aims to help meet the needs of patients across northern New England for decades to come.

Exterior of the Patient Pavilion at DHMC. — In 2023, the opening of the new Patient Pavilion at Dartmouth Health’s Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, New Hampshire, brought an additional 64 state-of the-art patient rooms and 240,000 square…

Artwork along the side of a sunlit stairwell. — At the time, the Pavilion’s second and fifth floors were left intentionally unfinished. Construction is now underway to complete those spaces with new and expanded facilities dedicated to the…

A new patient loung filled with people. — The spaces and services made possible by the expansion stand to give more patients better space to heal. From the cardiac patient who no longer needs to travel 100 miles away…

**A Wraparound Approach to Cancer Care** The Patient Pavilion’s second floor will support the treatment of complex cancers that require multifaceted care regimens. ICU-convertible rooms equipped with advanced, real-time…

In the midground, a patient with an arm in a sling sits on a couch in front of a window with a view of trees behind it. She is speaking with a medical provider who is standing next to her. In the foreground is a hospital bed. In the midground there is a lounge chair. — **Making Space for the “Heart” of Healthcare** Heart disease is the nation’s leading cause of death and disability. More than 1,000 heart attack patients are treated each year across Dartmouth…

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