Down East Community Hospital (DECH) is a 25-bed acute care facility that offers state-of-the art technology and specialty services almost unheard of in a small rural hospital. DECH hospital serves the need of our immediate community in Machias and all of Washington County, bordered by New Brunswick to the northeast and the Bay of Fundy. In early 2016, DECH launched a Capital Campaign to expand the emergency department to have a larger, more modern, more patient-friendly emergency department to help assist our physicians and nurses in providing high-quality care. Features of the new emergency department include 9 private rooms with state of the art patient monitoring equipment, a newly designed entrance area providing better access to patients including a more comfortable waiting area for patients and families, and more.