Nancy Austin, 68, of Augusta, says she plans to return to work, but in a different unit.
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Riverview specialists calmed patients after attack on nurse
The Acting Superintendent says the hospital is addressing first security, safety and patients’ rights, and now moving on to “the paper path that goes with those issues.”
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Richmond probably staying with ambulance provider
North East Mobile Health Services has provided better response times since it began stationing an ambulance in town during the day.
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Maine nurse who saw baby Ethan Henderson’s injuries loses license
Gordon Collins-Faunce fatally injured his infant son, but the abuse was not reported by health professionals.
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Women’s health PAC to spend half a million on Michaud, others
The Planned Parenthood Maine Action Fund is spending more than it has in the last five elections combined on the Democrats.
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State’s family aid caseload halved in two years
The state’s policy change has resulted in cities spending considerably more to assist their low-income residents.
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Pro-vaccine forces seek tighter requirements in Maine law
“There’s a sense of urgency now,” said Rep. Anne Graham, D-Yarmouth, citing a potential return of diseases that could endanger even the vaccinated.
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Riverview adds ‘recovery’ to its sign
Officials say the change better reflects the mission of the hospital, but a lawmaker says the hospital faces bigger issues.
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Tick-borne diseases on the rise in Maine
Doctors have already reported more cases of anaplasmosis, a disease transmitted by tick bites, through the first seven months of this year than in all of 2013.
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More Maine families are skipping or delaying childhood vaccines
Public health advocates worry the trend could lead to outbreaks of long-controlled diseases.