Cheshire Health Foundation

Cheshire Medical Center is in the midst of a community-led capital campaign called "Our Community, Our Future" to raise more than $42 million to expand care for its patients. The campaign represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to substantially impact rural healthcare today and long into the future. More than 5,000 patients seek care at Cheshire on a weekly basis. Cheshire must take the opportunity to modernize its patient care environment, update its equipment, and begin the process of expanding service areas to ensure exceptional care remains accessible to our community for generations to come. 

• Expanding Cancer Care: Construction is underway on an addition to the Dartmouth Cancer Center at Cheshire Medical Center that will house a second, new linear accelerator for radiation therapy. Cancer cases are rising, and radiation therapy is a cornerstone of treatment. Cheshire’s existing linear accelerator is the most heavily utilized in the state, often running beyond capacity to meet patient care needs. Adding the second unit means more patients will be able to receive cancer care close to home without having to travel farther than necessary for their daily radiation appointments. 
• Expanding Surgical Services: The need for surgical services in our community continues to increase as our population ages. Cheshire Medical Center’s operating rooms were state-of-the-art in 1973, but now must be expanded in number and modernized to meet patient care needs, as well as to better accommodate surgical technology and equipment, like robotics or in-room imaging. This expansion will also enable Cheshire to flex in emergent, life-threatening situations. 
• Expanding Advanced Outpatient Medicine: Cheshire is actively reworking and reimagining space at its Court Street and Maple Avenue campuses to create greater access to Advanced Outpatient Medicine, beginning with Gastroenterology and additional cancer treatment spaces. Cheshire is currently renovating space that formerly housed administrative offices and which will significantly expand Gastroenterology. These renovations will also free up space in the Cancer Center, returning it to much-needed treatment rooms for Cheshire’s oncologists and cancer patients. Additionally, now that the Family Medicine Residency Program’s practice space is complete, Cheshire is beginning the planning needed to utilize the remaining space at its Maple Avenue Campus.

With the help of our community, Cheshire hopes to exceed its $42 million goal to be better able to bring its capital projects to fruition. Cheshire Medical Center invites the community to join them by making a gift to the capital campaign; every dollar given will stay right here in our community, benefiting all who call the Greater Monadnock region home and who receive care at our not-for-profit hospital.

Thank you for helping us care for our community!