Excerpts From Letters of Community Support for Building Towards The Future

"Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center supports the NLH project because it will help retain needed capacity of acute, ambulatory, swing bed and long term care services…..We are confident this proposed project will improve access for the residents of the New London Hospital service area.”

Nancy Formella, Acting President
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital
and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Alliance

“The Kearsarge Area Council on Aging (COA) unequivocally supports the New London Hospital application in consideration of an expansion and renovation project……Considering the dependency of area seniors on New London Hospital's expert local health care services, and the fact that so many seniors move here because of the hospital, it seems imperative that it be adequately maintained and continuously upgraded with the needs, comfort and health of the patients in mind.”

Nancy Friese
Executive Director
Kearsarge Area Council on Aging

“Today's standards of care require private inpatient rooms and I am aware of several studies that demonstrate that private patient rooms are much more conducive to a faster and more complete recovery in many instances……I am confident that the hospital will use its resources in a cost effective way for this project and that this building and renovation project will improve access to care for our community.”

William M. Sloan, Jr.
New London Hospital Trustee

“As a neighboring healthcare facility to New London Hospital, I support these plans to renovate and expand the patient areas to better serve our overlapping communities. New London Hospital and Valley Regional Hospital share the same mission to provide quality appropriate care in a local setting.”

Claire Bowen
President & CEO
Valley Regional Hospital

“As the Superintendent of Schools for the largest geographic school district in New Hampshire, I am very appreciative of the current services provided by the New London Hospital to our employees, students and their families. I believe it is essential for New London Hospital to be granted a Certificate of Need in furtherance of its ongoing commitment to meeting the medical needs of the region by providing modern healthcare facilities necessary to improve the overall wellness of our regional community.”

Thomas J. Brennan, Jr., EdD
Superintendent of Schools
Kearsarge Regional School District

“New London Hospital is a valuable community resource and the appropriate care setting for many of the healthcare needs of our community. It also plays an important role in regional healthcare as the medical surgical unit often provides the level of care required once a patient can be discharged from a tertiary care medical center.”

Virginia Irwin
Newport Town Selectman

"New London Hospital is an integral part of the community it serves in Merrimack and Sullivan Counties and has been responding to the healthcare needs of its service area since 1918 when it was founded. The hospital also provides charity care and financial assistance to all who show need…..I am confident that the hospital will use its resources in a cost effective way for this project that will improve access to care for our community.”

Harry G. Dorman III
President & CEO
Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital

"On behalf of the Lake Sunapee Region Visiting Nurse Association, I endorse this expansion and renovation project…….”

Andrea Steel
President & CEO
Lake Sunapee Region Visiting Nurse Association