Danbury Hospital has 10 clinical departments and a medical and dental staff of more than 500 physicians. Danbury Hospital is the area's largest employer with close to 3,000 employees and 67 resident physicians.

The Hospital has a long history as a teaching institution and currently maintains 95 agreements with numerous colleges and universities to train medical, nursing and allied health students. The Hospital operates eight residencies -- seven for graduate physicians in Internal Medicine, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Pathology, Psychiatry, General Surgery, Nuclear Medicine, and Pediatrics - as well as one in General Practice Dentistry.

Danbury Hospital, the Danbury Visiting Nurse Association, Inc., and Regional Hospice of Western Connecticut, Inc., have earned Accreditation With Commendation from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. The Hospital's other accreditations include, the American College of Surgeons (Cancer, Level II Trauma Center), American College of Radiology and the American College of Pathologists.

A general, acute-care hospital with 85 beds, providing a modern expanded Ambulatory Care Center which includes Radiology, Laboratory, Emergency Room, Physical Therapy, Cardiac Rehabilitation, and Respiratory Therapy. The Center also includes a new, up-to-date Surgical Suite, expanded and sophisticated ICU-CCU, Central Sterile Supply, and a Materials Management Center.

In 1995 New Milford Hospital developed a formal affiliation with Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. Columbia-Presbyterian is universally considered one of the finest medical centers in the country and enjoys the same reputation as an academic and research center. As a result of this affiliation, New Milford Hospital and its patients are the beneficiaries of a comprehensive and enhanced health care delivery system for today and the future. We maintain our identity, autonomy, local perspective and tradition of responsiveness to area communities with this affiliation while further enhancing our clinical programs.

In 1997 we also affiliated with the New Milford Visiting Nurse Association, which became a subsidiary of the New Milford Hospital Holding Corporation. This relationship enables us to provide a continuity of patient care from before admission, through your hospital stay and home again.

Elements in Progressive Patient Care are: Intensive Coronary Care Unit, Special Care Unit, General Medical-Surgical, Maternity, Pediatric, and Isolation. Other facilities include equipment for electro-cardiograms, stress testing, electro-encephalographs, radiology and nuclear medicine, physical therapy, respiratory therapy, and pharmacy.

The hospital continues to promote its extensive community role by providing a number of health promotion programs conducted by its staff which include the use of hospital facilities.

Their mission: To enable individuals whose independent living skills are impaired by disability, illness or injury, to achieve and maintain self-reliance, fulfillment and comfort at home, at work and in the community, by providing the best comprehensive home, health and rehabilitation services.

For over 50 years, Ability Beyond Disability has helped thousands of people with disabilities to realize their dreams, offering one of the most extensive systems of support and services in the Northeast. People who were once sheltered and institutionalized now lead full and independent lives thanks to our creative solutions to meet housing, work, recreation, transportation and medical needs. Ability Beyond Disability helps individuals with disabilities to enjoy their highest level of independence, maintain their optimal health, while enriching our diverse community with their strength and courageous spirit.