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Southwestern Vermont Medical Center’s Baby Café receives grant from Heritage Family Credit Union Foundation
Heritage Family Cares 4 You (HFCares4U) — a charitable foundation through Heritage Family Credit Union — awarded Southwestern Vermont Medical Center’s (SVMC) Baby Café program a $5,000 grant in December.

Is it time to rethink how much you drink?
For years, the notion of ‘moderate drinking’ has been widely accepted as a harmless, or even beneficial, practice. While some research points to potential benefits, the majority of evidence identifies significant risks associated with alcohol use even at

Click, confirm, get screened: SVMC automates appointment system
Staying on top of important medical screenings just got easier, thanks to an expansion of Southwestern Vermont Medical Center’s (SVMC) scheduling system.

SVMC’s CEO named a “Champion” of nursing excellence
Tom Dee, who retires from SVMC, a member of Dartmouth Health, in January, was named an Extraordinary DAISY Champion.

New food pantry opens at Dartmouth Cancer Center Bennington
Dartmouth Cancer Center Bennington, located on the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) main campus, launched a new program this month to support patients experiencing food insecurity.

Two SVMC nurses celebrated by patients, family
Rayana Lane, RN, a nurse on SVMC’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU), and Jessica DeLeon, RN a nurse on SVMC’s 2 West, were individually presented with DAISY Award for Exceptional Nurses.

A community with heart: Donation makes Cardiac CT possible
Don and Nancy Kendall helped fund a cardiac CT scanner at SVMC, enhancing diagnostic capabilities in the region

Southwestern Vermont Medical Center recognized nationally for nursing excellence
SVMC received its sixth Magnet recognition on Nov. 19, now one of only 3 organizations in New England to achieve six designations.

Southwestern Vermont Medical Center selects Estevan Garcia, MD, as president and CEO
Garcia, a specialist in pediatric emergency medicine, has most recently supported Dartmouth College in addressing the student mental health crisis

SVMC acquires the latest robotic surgical platform
The da Vinci 5 surgical platform by Intuitive will be used in hundreds of minimally invasive surgeries each year.