The hospital says it rescheduled fewer than a dozen operations over the past three weeks because of a national supply chain shortage of blood products caused by severe weather.
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MaineHealth defends decision to vaccinate administrative, remote staff despite state rules
But Maine Medical Center was wrong to vaccinate out-of-state consultants who were hired to help fight an effort to unionize nurses at the hospital, company officials say.
Flouting CDC rules, MaineHealth offered vaccines to all employees, even remote workers
Stay-at-home workers and even outside contractors got shots, while many of the state’s older residents await vaccines.
BIW union issues statement supporting Maine Med nurses’ unionization push
“It’s time we blow the whistle on the anti-union corporations that hire lawyers and spend big $$ to intimidate their employees for trying to form a union,” Local S6 leaders wrote Wednesday.
Injured BIW worker’s condition improves, hospital says
Local S6, BIW’s largest union, raised over $57,000 for Garrett Bailey, a BIW rigger injured on the job, who was reported to be in “fair condition” Friday, according to a hospital spokesperson.
Maine Med hires anti-union firm to train, dissuade nurses
Nurses would be required to take time from their work caring for patients, delivering vaccines and conducting coronavirus tests to attend the mandatory training.
DA will review shooting of 2-year-old Waterville boy for potential criminal charges
District Attorney Maeghan Maloney said Waterville police plan to forward information about the shooting of a 2-year-old boy in his home to her office once the investigation is complete, and her office will determine if there is adequate evidence to charge someone.
‘Every single death takes a little piece of me’
Four nurses and a doctor witness struggles to survive in the COVID-19 units at Maine hospitals.
Doctors try to keep up with flood of COVID-19 research
The disease is new, but scientists around the world are studying how to combat it.
Shaw Brothers pledges $1 million to Maine Med to honor owners’ late mother
Maine Medical Center will name an open-air causeway, to be built on Congress Street in front of a new patient care tower, in honor of Sally Shaw.