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$5M gift to help Dartmouth-Hitchcock patient building

LEBANON (AP) — A $5.25 million gift to Dartmouth-Hitchcock — the second-largest in its history — will support a new, five-story building to house more patients at the medical center in Lebanon.

The Patient Pavilion, set to open in 2023, will provide 64 patient rooms to help address the increasing needs of patients from around the region who require care from the medical center, the state’s only Trauma 1 Center. Nearly 300 critically ill patients are turned away every month due to lack of bed capacity at the hospital.

The gift is from Dartmouth-Hitchcock Trustee Bill Conaty and his wife, Sue.

“As a trustee for the past nine years, I’ve been truly inspired by the skill and dedication of Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s workforce,” Bill Conaty said in a statement.

Conaty served 40 years with General Electric, leading the global company’s human resources strategy, talent recruitment and development, and has served as chairman of the board of Bryant University for the past decade.

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