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LEBANON — Dartmouth Health will use a $14 million estate gift to establish new centers for pancreatic care and digestive health at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, as well as a professorship in general surgery at the Geisel School of Medicine. The...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

LEBANON — Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center has announced a collaboration with a Maine-based mountain guide service to offer the first Diploma in Mountain Medicine (DiMM) program east of the Rocky Mountains.The program is designed to train...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

BURLINGTON — A Cavendish, Vt., man with a lengthy criminal history in Vermont who bolted out of the emergency room at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and drove off with an idling hospital shuttle van that was parked outside pleaded guilty to...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

NORTH HAVERHILL — A 29-year-old former Dartmouth College student who assaulted two security guards at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center where he had been admitted for psychiatric care will avoid jail time, providing he continues to get mental health...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

LEBANON — Because of overcrowding, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center is warning patients with “less-pressing healthcare concerns” to expect extended wait times in the emergency department.“The Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center emergency department...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

PLAINFIELD — One day in this past May, Susan Kahn, a 77-year-old Plainfield resident, was unable to get up.Her husband, Chris Rollins, called 911. She was unconscious with heart palpitations and says there were no Upper Valley cardiologists available...

LEBANON — Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center is one of 100 pilot sites for a national Anti-Stigma Initiative focused on improving care for people struggling with addiction, according to a Thursday news release.The effort aims to reduce addiction...

LEBANON — Vaccines to prevent serious illness from COVID-19 are available at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon.Appointments are required and can be scheduled online through myDH.org or by calling 603-650-1818, according to the DH...

LEBANON — As two top leaders at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center retire this fall, leadership responsibilities will be shifting.Jeff O’Brien, DHMC’s chief operating officer, is scheduled to retire Oct. 5, and Sue Reeves, DHMC’s executive vice...

LEBANON — Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center has launched a new telehealth clinic to support young adults with inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.The program, Teaching Health Resilience in IBD Through Virtual...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

LEBANON — Flu clinics are scheduled to start later this month at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, ahead of the winter respiratory virus season. Community-based clinics are to take place next month.To reduce the risk of disease and potentially...

LEBANON — The New Hampshire Oral Health Coalition is scheduled to host a meeting on Wednesday in Lebanon as part of a statewide series of meetings to gather input from the community on school-based dental programs in the state.The Lebanon meeting is...

LEBANON — A research team at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center is recruiting participants for a study comparing the effectiveness of an at-home, stool-based test with a colonoscopy in finding colorectal cancer and large colorectal polyps.The study,...

LEBANON — Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center has a new chief nursing officer, according to a Dartmouth Health news release.Tracy Galvin, who started May 30, comes to DHMC in Lebanon from the 345-bed Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington,...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

LEBANON — On a recent afternoon in late April, “Felix” lay in a new hospital room in the recently completed patient pavilion at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.Short of breath, but in stable condition, Felix was in a bed in the heart and vascular...

LEBANON — For the first time since 2018, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon is scheduled to hold an in-person Career Expo on Tuesday from 3 to 7 p.m., according to a news release.The event — which is set to take place in auditoriums A-D —...

LEBANON — A research team at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center is recruiting participants for a study of the long-term effects of COVID-19 on thinking skills and auditory processing in adults who developed and continue to have mental fatigue after...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

CONCORD — A 31-year-old Vershire man, who police say hid inside his impounded BMW on the Lebanon Police Department’s lot the day after he was arrested on a charge of drug possession at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center birthing pavilion, has...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

ENFIELD — State Rep. Joshua Adjutant, D-Enfield, has stepped down from his position after incurring a head injury last week at work as a security officer at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon.Reached by phone on Tuesday, Adjutant, 28, said...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

LEBANON — The New Hampshire Executive Council on Wednesday approved a $1 million contract for five new involuntary psych beds at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, according to a news release from the New Hampshire Department of Health and...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

LEBANON — As hospitals throughout the region continue to struggle to meet demand for health care services, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center is preparing to open additional beds in a new $150 million patient pavilion in May.The expansion at the...