Gifford Milestones
Read about Gifford's milestones from 2005 to present day.
2005 – Radiology, Emergency and Food Services Departments are expanded in a construction project dubbed the “Infill Project.”
2005 – The Sharon Health Center and Sports Medicine Clinic is built on Route 14 in Sharon.
2005 – Ground is broken on a much-needed 10-bed expansion to the Menig Extended Care Facility.
2005 - Gifford’s cancer care program is approved by the American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer, ensuring that patients receive high-quality, comprehensive cancer care close to home.
2005 - The growing Gifford Adult Day Program moves to a newly renovated space below the Bethel Health Center.
2005 - The Menig Extended Care Facility earns the prestigious Gold Star and Nursing Home Quality awards from the state. The awards recognize the nursing home for its excellence in resident care and as a good place to work.
2005 - For outstanding leadership and contributions to improving infant and maternal health, Birthing Center nurses receive the Distinguished Health Professional Award for Advances in Clinical Practice from the March of Dimes.
2005 - High-tech Pyxis MedStation 3000 medication administration systems are updated to include access by fingerprint identification.
2005 - Brooks Chapin of the Menig Extended Care Facility is named Nursing Director of the Year by the Vermont Nursing Home Association.
2005 - Gifford sends delegations to help in the Hurricane Katrina-ravaged Mississippi gulf coast.
2005 - The hospital holds its first annual Diabetes Education Expo, then called the Diabetes Fair.
2005 - The 100th Annual Corporators’ Meeting is held at Chandler Music Hall.
2005 - Under the leadership of Chef Ed Streibe, Gifford begins buying local produce from area farmers.
2006 - The Gifford Auxiliary celebrates its centennial with a legislative resolution recognizing its work.
2006 - Menig Extended Care Facility charge nurse Judy Libby is named Registered 
Nurse of the Year. The nursing home also collects the
Gold Star and Nursing Home Quality awards for the
second year.
2006 – A 40-slice CT scanner, new bone density
machine and a filmless radiology system are added.
The new machines greatly improve the technology
Gifford can offer patients.
2006 – Gifford welcomes its first hospitalist.
2006 – Construction on the Menig expansion and a new southern entryway for visitors are complete. Significant gains are also made on filling the large ravine near the hospital.
2006 - The Robin’s Nest Child Enrichment Center holds its first annual graduation for preschoolers moving on to kindergarten.
2006 - For the seventh consecutive year, Gifford meets or exceeds its operating budget.
2006 - Gifford hosts the first annual Last Mile motorcycle ride attracting 74 riders and raising $7,000 for end-of-life care.
2007 - Gifford receives a grant from the Avon Foundation Breast Care Fund for the sixth consecutive year. Gifford is the only hospital in the state to receive this grant promoting breast health education and awareness.
2007 - The hospital is the first in the state to work with the Vermont Lean Healthcare Transformation Project through a state appropriation and with the help of the Vermont Manufacturing Extension Center’s Process Strategies Group.
2007 - Gifford’s hospitalist team grows to three with the addition of two allied health providers.
2007 - The hospital transitions to room service for all inpatients.
2007 - The Menig Extended Care Facility receives two prestigious state awards for the third consecutive year, the Nursing Home Quality Award and the Gold Star award.
2007 - The Gifford Health Center at Berlin opens off from the Airport Road. Included in the new Berlin health center are endocrinology, midwifery, orthopedics and podiatry.
2007 - The Birthing Center marks 30 years of low-intervention, hospital-based births.
2007 - The Nuclear Medicine Department purchases a new gamma camera, also called an e-cam. The Radiology Department also buys a new ultrasound machine and Cardiopulmonary Services receives new stress testing equipment.
2007 - The second annual Last Mile Ride raises more than $16,000 for end-of-life care.
2007 - The third annual Diabetes Education Expo attracts more than 100 people.
2007 - A new physical therapy at Gifford treats incontinence.
2007 - The Kingwood Health Center opens on Route 66. Available at the health center are neurology and endocrinology services along with the Diabetes Clinic and Balance Center.
2007 - Ground is broken on an
expansion to the Sharon Health Center
that will include 2,200 square feet of
new space, X-ray technology and new
services and staff.
2008 - The first baby of the new year
in all of Vermont is born at Gifford to a
local couple.
2008 - Gifford is the only hospital in the state to receive an Avon Foundation Breast Care Fund grant for the seventh consecutive year.
2008 - Gifford welcomes its first plastic surgeon, Dr. Guy Rochman, who is in private practice.
2008 - The Pain Center at Gifford opens under the direction of pain specialist Dr. Lan Nguyen-Knoff.
2008 - The Sharon Health Center expansion opens to patients and the Sports Medicine Clinic team expands to include three providers.
2008 - The Menig Extended Care Facility nursing home is awarded the Gold Star employer and Nursing Home Quality awards for the fourth year in a row.
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