Brenda Austin, left, of Mexico, donated 17 large holiday gift bags to patients in the Lariviere Oncology Suite in Rumford Hospital on Friday where Clinical Coordinator Sarah Hiebert accepted the bags on behalf of her department. Austin filled the bags with travel mugs, Christmas cards, crayons and coloring books, and hand-made roll-up beauty organizers, among other […]
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Bridgton, Rumford hospitals honored among nation’s top rural hospitals
LEWISTON — Bridgton and Rumford hospitals have been named among the best rural hospitals in the country. The Leapfrog Group, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that tracks health care safety, quality and value, this week named the two hospitals to its 2018 list of top rural hospitals in the United States. Seventeen made the list nationally, […]
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Tax filing: Retiring Lewiston CEO got bonus despite hospital woes
New 2016 documents also show past financial troubles, spending cuts and salaries at CMMC parent. LEWISTON — When longtime CEO Peter Chalke retired in 2016 from Central Maine Healthcare, its flagship hospital was millions of dollars in the red and Medicare penalized it for the first time for having infection and complication rates that were […]
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Hospitals, food bank work to end food insecurity and chronic illness
RUMFORD — Patients discharged from Rumford Hospital this year may find that they’ve been given a bag of healthful, high-protein food and a list of where to find food pantries. The hospital, along with Bridgton Hospital and Family Medicine Residency in Lewiston, is participating in the Community Health and Hunger Program in partnership with Good […]
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Medical sources: Doctors leaving Central Maine Healthcare
Insiders say physicians are bailing for a host of reasons; officials say necessary cuts, new systems, pay talk have prompted departures of about 1 out of 4, but ‘it’s starting to turn.’ LEWISTON — Central Maine Healthcare staff members say things have been bad within the hospital system for a while. In recent months, the […]
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President of Bridgton, Rumford hospitals resigns
LEWISTON — The president of Bridgton and Rumford hospitals — one of the last senior leaders left from Central Maine Healthcare’s previous administration — has resigned. R. David Frum has served as head of Bridgton Hospital since 2010. He was named head of Rumford Hospital in 2011. Frum resigned Wednesday, according to a Central Maine […]
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Rumford Hospital latest to vote against Central Maine Healthcare leader
RUMFORD — Less than a week after Bridgton Hospital medical staff issued a no-confidence vote in Central Maine Healthcare CEO Jeff Brickman, Rumford Hospital medical staff have voted no confidence as well. Staffers who were at the meeting but asked to remain anonymous said 15 to 20 people participated in the vote Tuesday night. […]
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Susan L. Fitzpatrick
MEXICO — Susan L. Fitzpatrick, 54, died Saturday, May 12, at her residence in Mexico, surrounded by her family. Born in Portsmouth, VA, on April 6, 1964, she was a daughter of Eugene and Nettie Mae (Freeman) Fitzpatrick. Susan was a graduate of LaGuardia High School in New York City. She worked at Head Start, the […]
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Student receives Peg Blouin Nursing Scholarship
Retired Rumford Hospital nurse Peg Blouin, left, presents Luke Mason with the Peg Blouin Nursing Scholarship for $1,250. Mason is a nursing student at the University of Maine at Fort Kent. The scholarship was established in 2009 upon Blouin’s retirement from Rumford Hospital after 42 years as a registered nurse. Having been a recipient of […]
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Rumford welcomes first baby of 2018
Eli Patrick Milligan is the first baby of 2018 to be born at Rumford Hospital, according to a hospital spokeswoman. Eli arrived at 1:22 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 9. He weighed 7 pounds, 12.8 ounces. His parents are Kaylin Milligan and John Vanboskirk of Rumford. and his brother is Oliver, 4. Maternal grandparents are Karin […]