Free HIV testing at DHMC, D-H clinics on June 27
June 25, 2012
Lebanon, NH
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is one of 17 sites throughout New Hampshire that will offer free testing for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) during National HIV Testing Day on Wednesday, June 27.
DHMC and several other Dartmouth-Hitchcock (D-H) sites in the Granite State are collaborating with the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to provide the tests which do not involve the drawing of blood for the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). HIV most commonly spreads through unprotected sex, sharing of needles among infected people, and transmission from infected mothers to their babies. Results of the tests are available within 20 minutes.
Clinicians and researchers have made many strides in the fight against HIV - once considered a death sentence - since the identification of the virus and the confirmation of the epidemic in the early 1980s. While patients can live for years with the proper medication of what is now a chronic illness, they first must know their HIV status, which is where the testing comes in.
"It is estimated that one in five people infected with HIV in the United States don't know it," says Dr. José Montero, Director of Public Health at DHHS. "It is now recommended that everyone ages 13 to 64 be tested at least once as part of their routine health care."
Testing locations
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon
- Level 5, Reception area C. Posters will point the way to the testing site.
- Hours: 3:00-7:00 p.m.
- More information: (603) 653-9120
Driving directions
Dartmouth-Hitchcock clinics
All clinics will be open for testing from 3:00-7:00 p.m. For more information, please call (603) 629-1136.
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Concord, 253 Pleasant Street
Orthopedics Dept, Lower Level - Dartmouth-Hitchcock Manchester, 100 Hitchcock Way
Gastroenterology Dept., Second Level - Dartmouth-Hitchcock Nashua, 2300 Southwood Dr.
Allergy Dept., Main Level
Other locations
- Planned Parenthood of Northern New England
- 89 South Street, West Lebanon
3:00-6:00 p.m.; call 603-298-7766 - 136 Pleasant Street, Claremont
2:00-5:00 p.m.; call (603) 542-4568
- 89 South Street, West Lebanon
- The HIV/HCV Resource Center will offer tests at the Good Neighbor Health Clinic.
- 70 North Main Street, White River Junction, Vt.
1:00-4:00 p.m.; call (802) 295-1868
- 70 North Main Street, White River Junction, Vt.
- Find another HIV/STD test site 24/7
- at hivtest.org
- or text your zip code to KNOWIT (566948)
For more information
- Call (603) 271-4502 (NH Dept. of Health & Human Services)
- Participating sites in New Hampshire
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
About Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Dartmouth-Hitchcock is a national leader in patient-centered health care and building a sustainable health system. Founded in 1893, the system includes New Hampshires only Level 1 trauma center and its only air ambulance service, as well as the Norris Cotton Cancer Center, one of only 40 National Center Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in the nation, and the Childrens Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, the states only Childrens Hospital Association-approved, comprehensive, full-service children's hospital. As an academic medical center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock provides access to nearly 1,000 primary care doctors and specialists in almost every area of medicine, as well as world-class research at the Audrey and Theodor Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.
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For more information contact David Corriveau at (603) 653-1978.
