Grace Cottage Hospital is a small Critical Access Hospital (CAH) located in Townshend, Vermont. It is best known for being the smallest hospital in Vermont, with only 19 beds and 160 employees. It includes a rural health clinic with eight family practice doctors, a pediatrician, a psychiatrist, a chiropractor, and other medical professionals. The hospital also operates a retail pharmacy, Messenger Valley Pharmacy. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy are offered to inpatients and outpatients. The hospital has a 24/7 Emergency Department, a diagnostic imaging department that includes a CT scan, an ultrasound, a digital X-ray, and a bone densitometer.