Stories about Maine Medical Center
Hospitals take on building projects despite MaineCare debt
As drivers pass through Augusta on Interstate 95, Maine’s newest hospital comes into view just off Exit 113. Four stories of brick and gleaming glass now stand in what was once a grassy field, a $322 million project just months away from opening to patients as the Alfond Center for ...
Maine Medical Center notifies state of $40M renovation project
PORTLAND, Maine — Maine Medical Center has notified the state that it’s planning a $40 million expansion and update of several of the hospital’s operating rooms. MMC plans to replace and modernize five surgical rooms to help the hospital accommodate surgeries that are increasing in volume and complexity, said Mark ...
4 Maine hospitals praised in national quality report
Four Maine hospitals are included on a national list of health providers excelling at treating common medical conditions and illnesses such as heart attacks and pneumonia. The Joint Commission, a major hospital accreditation organization, this week released its annual list of “top performers,” or hospitals that follow recommended treatment protocols ...
Suit claims Maine Medical Center retaliated against employee for reporting strip club outing
PORTLAND, Maine — A Maine Medical Center administrator is suing the hospital for allegedly retaliating against him — including moving him to an attic office “visited by bats” — after he questioned a tradition of male residents and fellows going to a strip club during an annual out-of-state work conference. ...
Haitian doctor trains with Maine Medical Center urologists
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — Dr. Jory Desir sat before an ultrasound machine Wednesday at Maine Medical Partners’ urology practice in South Portland. With his 6-foot, 8-inch frame tucked onto a small stool, he learned how to operate the lifesaving equipment that will soon follow him back home to Haiti. Desir ...
Educated workers needed for health care jobs, LePage says
As Maine’s economy continues to struggle, state leaders say the health care sector remains strong and is expected to grow. At a conference on Tuesday, officials said training a qualified work force is the key to both meeting the growing demand for health care services in Maine and taking advantage ...
Shortage of health care providers prompts Maine schools to place students in rural clinics
BAR HARBOR, Maine — Like much of the rest of the nation, Maine faces a critical shortage of doctors, nurses, dentists, pharmacists and other health care providers. On Friday, at a conference appropriately titled “Growing Our Own,” state officials and health professionals explored ideas for attracting young Mainers into health ...
Ailing captain rescued from Maine fishing boat
The Associated Press on Sept. 19, 2011, at 4:44 p.m.
PORTLAND, Maine — The captain of a Portland fishing boat has been hospitalized after being hoisted to safety by a Coast Guard helicopter 90 miles out to sea. The Coast Guard said it rescued the 48-year-old fisherman at 10:15 a.m. Monday after crew members aboard the 44-foot Rachel T radioed ...
Early morning accident injures two in southern Maine
on Sept. 19, 2011, at 2:44 p.m.
LEBANON, Maine — Two people are in the hospital Monday afternoon after an early morning car crash on Sunday in southwestern York County while authorities are looking for the driver and another passenger, police said. According to a Press Herald report, the single-vehicle accident occurred around 2:20 a.m. on a ...
Brunswick man gets 7 years for trespass, threatening
By Beth Brogan, Times Record on Aug. 04, 2011, at 7:52 p.m.
BRUNSWICK, Maine — A local man convicted in March of aggravated assault, aggravated criminal trespass and criminal threatening in connection with a September 2010 incident on Stanwood Street was sentenced Wednesday to serve seven years in prison for those crimes. Manesseh Massaline, 41, initially was charged by Brunswick police with ...
Maine Cancer Foundation awards more than $1 million in grants
on Aug. 02, 2011, at 7:32 p.m.
FALMOUTH, Maine — Maine Cancer Foundation, an independent statewide nonprofit, has distributed more than $1 million in grants to organizations throughout the state during the past year. Ten grants totaling $830,300 were awarded to cancer research projects in Maine. After a competitive, peer-review process, 10 proposals were selected from the ...
Woman who allegedly set grandmother on fire moved to Riverview for competency evaluation
BANGOR, Maine — The Ellsworth woman accused of pouring gasoline on her grandmother and setting the 77-year-old woman on fire has been transferred from the Penobscot County Jail to Riverview Psychiatric Hospital in Augusta for a mental health evaluation, Michael Roberts, deputy district attorney for Penobscot County, said Thursday. Emily ...
Police seeking public’s help in 2008 Portland shooting
The Associated Press on July 06, 2011, at 3:43 p.m.
PORTLAND, Maine — Portland police are appealing to the public for help in the unsolved killing of a Mercy Hospital security guard who was fatally shot in the back in 2008 in the hospital’s parking lot. Police think 27-year-old James Angelo was killed by a stray bullet in an exchange ...
Bruises, burns and broken bones: Are doctors ready to call it child abuse?
ORONO, Maine — Physicians are often the first to examine babies and children who have been injured deliberately at the hands of their parents or other adults. The locations of bruises or burns, specific types of fractures and elevated levels of certain blood enzymes are among the red flags that ...
NH boy, 3, hurt in accident listed in serious condition at Portland hospital
By Roni Reino, Foster's Daily Democrat (MCT) on June 21, 2011, at 9:40 a.m.
ROCHESTER, N.H. — A 3-year-old involved in a car accident Saturday night remains in serious condition at a Portland hospital, according to police. At about 9:30 p.m., police, fire and ambulance crews responded to the intersection of Walnut and Twombly Street for a two-vehicle accident. Police said Michael Bandach, 22, ...
NH toddler who fell from 3rd-story window now in good condition at Portland hospital
By Mike Greear, Foster's Daily Democrat (MCT) on June 21, 2011, at 9:38 a.m.
ROCHESTER, N.H. — A 2-year-old who fell from a third-story window in Rochester, N.H., on Friday morning is in good condition, according to Police Capt. Paul Callaghan on Monday. “He’s healthy. He’s going to be OK,” said Callaghan. The boy fell 20 feet to the ground from his home at ...
The privilege of giving pastoral care
on April 04, 2011, at 10:15 p.m.
Working for health: Rev. Catherine F. Garlid, director of spiritual care and clinical pastoral education, Maine Medical Center, Portland What do you love about your job? As a hospital chaplain and educator, I love being in a secular, interdisciplinary and diverse environment where no two days and no two people ...
Working for health
Victoria Kinney, medical technologist
on April 03, 2011, at 4:44 p.m.
What do you love about your job? I work in the Hematology department at NorDx, located at Maine Medical Center in Portland. Testing and protocol may seem routine, but every patient is different and you never know what you might find. Every blood smear I examine under the microscope tells ...
State, feds OK Pen Bay-MaineHealth merger
ROCKLAND , Maine— Pen Bay Healthcare of Rockland is poised to become a full member of Maine’s largest health care system, MaineHealth, the corporate parent of Maine Medical Center in Portland. Pen Bay announced late Tuesday afternoon that state and federal regulatory agencies have cleared the merger, paving the way ...
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UMaine field house renovations on schedule for Oct. 15 completion
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Farmers markets embracing food stamps with the help of USDA
Arguments over gun control and abortion will never be settled
A spot of tea, a spread of treats, at Camden’s Fromviandoux