Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center trustees endorse $130 million expansion
LEBANON – Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health trustees on Friday endorsed a plan for a $130 million expansion at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
Plans include a 132,000 square-foot, 60-bed inpatient tower, along with renovation and expansion of the medical center’s emergency department. A new parking garage also is planned.
“A financing plan is being developed but it is anticipated that funding for these projects will come from a mix of equity, philanthropy and debt issuance,” the announcement said. “Pending regulatory approvals, ground-breaking for the project is anticipated later in the spring of 2019, with completion over three to four years.”
The proposed four-story patient tower includes two floors of single-occupancy inpatient rooms, totaling 60 beds; a floor to accommodate another 30 beds that may be added at a later date; and a floor for service and mechanical space, according to the announcement
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