About Us

Becker's Hospital Review sealGifford Medical Center in Randolph, Vermont, is a community medical center with family health centers in Bethel, Chelsea, Rochester and Sharon and specialty clinics throughout the area.

Gifford is a full-service hospital with a 24-hour emergency department and an inpatient unit, Howell Pavilion.

Gifford has a 30-bed nursing home, the Menig Extended Care Facility, which has been named among the U.S. News and World Report’s “2011 Best Nursing Homes” in the nation.

The Birthing Center, established in 1977, was the first in Vermont to offer an alternative to the traditional hospital-based deliveries and continues to be a leader in low-intervention midwifery and family-centered care today.

Gifford Medical Center logoOur Mission

“As a community hospital, Gifford Medical Center’s mission is to improve the health of the people we serve by providing and assuring access to affordable and high-quality health care, and by promoting the health and well-being of everyone in our service area.”