NORWAY — When Barbara Deschenes was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011, she felt conflicting senses of fear, confidence and resolve. She had a lot questions. “You’re not expecting a cancer diagnosis — and who is?” Deschenes said. Cancer-free since 2012, Deschenes and a group of survivors have set up the region’s first cancer center to help patients navigate the […]
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Rumford Hospital celebrates 180 days without patient fall
RUMFORD — Six months after implementing a new patient fall-prevention program, Rumford Hospital has hit a milestone most hospitals dream of reaching. More than 30 employees, ranging from registered nurses and certified nursing assistants to therapy staff and environmental services staff, met in the Rumford Hospital conference room Monday afternoon for a ceremony celebrating 180 […]
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn
More money, less money: the effects of not expanding MaineCare
The head of the Portland Community Health Center and her chief financial officer sat down last week to figure out which bills they could pay. They don’t have the money to pay all of them. More than half of their patients are uninsured, up from about 30 percent a few years ago. The health center […]
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Ex-patient guilty of attack at Riverview hospital
AUGUSTA (AP) — A judge has ruled that a former patient at Riverview Psychiatric Center in Augusta was prompted by anger and not mental illness when he attacked a worker last year, leaving a pen embedded in her hand. The judge issued an eight-page decision on Thursday, convicting Mark Murphy of elevated aggravated assault, following […]
Posted inNew England
N.H. patient likely died of rare brain disease
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Public health officials believe one person in New Hampshire has died of a rare, degenerative brain disease, and say there’s a remote chance up to 13 others in multiple states were exposed to the fatal illness through surgical equipment. Dr. Joseph Pepe, president of Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, said officials […]
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Tech pleads guilty in hepatitis C outbreak
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A traveling hospital technician accused of infecting patients in multiple states with hepatitis C through tainted syringes pleaded guilty on Wednesday to 16 federal drug charges under an agreement that calls for him to serve 30 to 40 years in prison. Judge Joseph Laplante asked David Kwiatkowski, 34, why he wasn’t […]