Leaders from the state’s four major health care networks issued a stark warning to the public that hospitals could be pushed past a tipping point if the COVID-19 surge continues.
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Posted inAndroscoggin County, Health, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
‘I’ve never lived through anything like this in my life’: 5 area nurses reflect on being a nurse during the pandemic
For the second year in a row, National Nurses Week has taken on a renewed meaning as the COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the role that nurses play in patients’ lives at their most vulnerable moments.
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Posted inAndroscoggin County, Health, Lewiston-Auburn
Just over half of Androscoggin County has received the vaccine, but the area still lags behind the rest of the state
At the Auburn Mall clinic, organizers say they continue to have unfulfilled appointment slots but continue to stay busy.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Central Maine Healthcare’s president to retire this year
Jeffrey Brickman will step down in September after five years at the helm of the Lewiston-based healthcare company that oversees three area hospitals.
Posted inMaine, News
Blood shortage forces Maine Med to reschedule surgeries
The hospital says it rescheduled fewer than a dozen operations over the past three weeks because of a national supply chain shortage of blood products caused by severe weather.
Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Hospitals plead with Mainers to wear masks, take precautions
“We have your back. Please have ours,” Central Maine Healthcare, MaineGeneral Health and Northern Light Health leaders wrote in a joint letter released Wednesday.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, News
Lewiston cancer care center breaks ground
The $33 million center will consolidate cancer care at Central Maine Medical Center.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine health care systems to defy CDC shift, continue testing anyone exposed to virus
The federal CDC said last week that testing isn’t necessary for people suspected of being exposed if they show no symptoms of COVID-19.
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Face Time: Sheldon Stevenson, head of emergency medicine
It’s no “ER,” but life in the ED can be dramatic all the same.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Uncategorized
Lewiston, Topsham health systems debate surgical center
Central Maine Healthcare officials say there is a growing need. Midcoast-Parkview Health leaders say there aren’t enough patients to go around.