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Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center has begun another multimillion-dollar expansion of its five-story patient pavilion.

The expansion is set to double the 64 beds currently in use in that section of the hospital, Tom Manion, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center’s chief operating officer, said in a Thursday video interview.

There are currently 460 inpatient beds in the medical center, Dartmouth Health spokesperson Cassidy Smith said in a Thursday email.

“We do have patients that we’re not able to serve because we’re at capacity,” Manion said.

Following the 240,000-square-foot pavilion’s opening in 2023, this expansion, which began i

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