SELF magazine selected Burlington as the healthiest city in the country in November 2003. In 1995 Fletcher Allen Health Care formed via the integration of former entities Fanny Allen Hospital, Medical Center Hospital of Vermont, and University Health Center. A teaching facility, it includes more than 700 physicians and 1,200 registered nurses and provides a full range of tertiary level inpatient and outpatient services at the Colchester and Burlington campuses. Services offered include cardiology, radiology, kidney dialysis and transplant, rehabilitation, occupational and physical therapy, and a regional laboratory. The Howard Center for Human Services is based in Burlington and offers regional families mental health and crisis support services.
Health Care Information: Fletcher Allen Health Care, Medical Center Campus, 111 Colchester Ave., Burlington, VT; telephone (802)847-0000
