About 20,000 square feet of existing space was renovated. In the planning stages is an addition to Cheshire Medical Center in Keene for outpatient rehabilitation and pools for exercise and therapy. Besides expanding the rehabilitation program from about 3,500 square feet to about 14,000 square feet, the project will connect Cheshire Medical Center to the nearby Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic Keene through a common entry. The hospital and clinic buildings are about 125 feet apart, said Frank J. Werbinski, vice president of support services. Cheshire Medical Center will submit an application to the state for a certificate of need for the project this fall, he said.
Architectural plans specifying square footage and room layout remain to be done.
It plans to expand its Breast Health Center for women. The hospital hopes to present its plans to the state for a certificate of need in the next two months, said Walter A. Strauch, executive director. The project will have two phases. First, about 5,000 square feet of space on two floors will be added and 10,000 square feet will be renovated for doctor's offices. The hospital will maintain two operating suites, modernizing them from the current 1958 design.