Bennington, VT – Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC), a new affiliate of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, has selected MorrisSwitzer Environments for Health to provide planning and design services for the development of its Master Facilities Plan that would modernize its campus to meet the healthcare needs of the community it serves.
SVHC is comprised of Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, a 99-bed community hospital; The Centers for Living & Rehabilitation, a 150-bed nursing facility that includes special units for short-term rehabilitation, long-term care and for residents with Alzheimer’s disease; Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice, providing home nursing and rehabilitation services, as well as Bennington’s only Medicare-certified hospice program;
Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center, a full-service cancer center
offering chemotherapy, the latest in radiation therapy, and access to clinical trials approved by the National Cancer Institute; SVMC Northshire Campus, providing primary care in the Manchester, Vt., area and SVMC Deerfield Valley Campus, providing primary care in the Deerfield Valley of Vermont.