PORTLAND — A Maine nurses group on Monday said President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law, which is criticized by conservatives as overreaching, doesn’t go far enough toward universal health coverage. The Maine State Nurses Association held Monday afternoon health screenings and an evening “town hall” event at the First Parish Church on Congress Street in […]
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EMMC drops Red Cross; hospital signs contract with Puget Sound
BANGOR — Eastern Maine Medical Center has signed on with a Seattle-based blood supplier and decided to discontinue its contractual relationship with American Red Cross Blood Services, the hospital announced Monday. The Bangor-based health facility has signed a contract with Puget Sound Blood Center for the purchase of blood and blood products, according to an […]
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Overheard cancer diagnosis prompts Bangor couple’s $1M donation to EMMC project
BANGOR — Leonard Minsky of Bangor was an overnight patient at Eastern Maine Medical Center about a year ago when a doctor entered his room with news of a crushing diagnosis. The doctor wasn’t there to speak to Minsky, however, but to his roommate on the other side of a thin screen. In the semiprivate […]
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Bridgton man dies after West Paris crash
WEST PARIS — A Bridgton man died Wednesday morning as a result of injuries he suffered when his pickup collided with a tractor-trailer on Route 26, a Maine State Police trooper has confirmed. Jean P. Bolduc, 83, was traveling south when his 1991 Ford Ranger veered over the center line for an unknown reason and […]
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Critic outraged by Bath council’s secrecy about sale of hospital
BATH – A vocal critic of the city’s sale of the former Bath Memorial Hospital says he will seek support to initiate a recall of several city councilors who voted Wednesday not to make public discussions about the sale they held in executive session. Larry Scott said Thursday that following the Bath City Council’s 7-1 […]
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CMMC joins lawsuit against federal government over Medicare payments
Eight Maine hospitals have sued U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius over the government’s handling of millions of dollars in payments for some low-income and elderly patients. In the suit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Portland, the hospitals argue that Sebelius arbitrarily and improperly ruled against them in a […]
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Saco man, toddler on bicycle in critical condition after struck by pickup in Biddeford
BIDDEFORD — A Saco man and a toddler were listed in critical condition at Maine Medical Center in Portland after being struck by a vehicle Friday evening. Jamerico Elliott, 51, was traveling on a sidewalk along Elm Street on his bicycle with a 15-month-old boy in a bicycle seat just before 6 p.m. Friday when […]
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Condition of hospitalized Heinz Kerry is upgraded
BOSTON — Doctors evaluating Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, reported improvement in her condition Monday, according to the State Department, but few details were being disclosed about her illness. Heinz Kerry, 74, who is also heir to the Heinz ketchup fortune, was flown to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston […]