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Vital Signs

Facts & Figures - A care-ful analysis

The Dartmouth College Health Service is open not only to undergraduates, but also to all graduate students and their dependents. It is housed in a homey brick building known as Dick's House, named in memory of Dick Hall, a DC 1927, who died of polio during his sophomore year.

14,693
Outpatient visits in 2006-07 to the infirmary

592
Inpatient admissions in 2006-07 to the infirmary

10
Number of inpatient beds in the infirmary

1,094
After-hours walk-in visits in 2006-07

1,430
After-hours phone calls and e-mails in 2006-07

5,457
Immunizations administered in 2006-07

17,741
Prescriptions filled in 2006-07

1,043
X-rays performed in 2006-07

2005
Year Dartmouth was highlighted in the New York Times as one of a very small (and declining) number of college infirmaries that still offer 24-hour and inpatient services


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