The ambulance lacked a qualified caretaker – until Dr. Mark McAllister climbed aboard.
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Maine Med nurses’ union criticizes working conditions at hospital under pandemic pressure
The protest, part of a national ‘day of action’ organized by the parent union of the Maine State Nurses Association, comes as the association negotiates its first contract with Maine Medical Center.
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Maine EMS panel halts transfer of neurological trauma patients to CMMC from other hospitals
The Trauma Advisory Committee is waiting for patient data from the Lewiston medical center.
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Vaccination clinic draws huge crowd as Maine reports another 1,018 cases
Despite the weather, hundreds of people turned out Saturday for a no-appointment COVID-19 vaccine clinic. At the same time a team of federal health care workers arrived to lend at hand at Maine’s largest hospital.
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Residents, travelers bemoan impending loss of Portland’s Greyhound mural
The bus station logo on a building owned by Maine Medical Center is nostalgic for many but has helped to compromise a deteriorating brick wall.
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Maine Medical Center seeks changes to Congress Street tower project
The hospital said it wants to get more beds in service sooner and will ask the city and state to let it modify its planned Malone Family Tower project.
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Maine Medical Center Research Institute to study whether blood pressure medication can help prevent osteoporosis
The institute was awarded a $2.4 million grant for the four-year study.
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Former Maine Med official pleads guilty to fraud charges
Joshua Cory Frances said he worked for the Department of Homeland Security to illegally obtain two boats from the government.
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COVID-19 inpatient counts up in southern and central Maine; Bangor hospital has record number
The delta variant is pounding unvaccinated people, who account for almost all coronavirus patients in intensive care.
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Nurses overwhelmed by COVID surge call on Mainers to get vaccinated and wear masks
Health care workers are tired and frustrated as the pandemic carries on, and they’re urging the public to get vaccinated and take other precautions.