The pandemic resulted in some of the hospital’s greatest challenges in 2021, according to a hospital spokeswoman.
Mobile vaccine unit
MaineGeneral sees uptick in COVID patients
Driven by the unvaccinated, the modest rise in COVID-19 admissions at MaineGeneral in Augusta belies the 325-percent jump in the seven-day daily case average across the state compared to one month ago.
MaineGeneral continues to establish pop-up vaccine clinics, with 10 in August
The health system is also offering free vaccinations at all of its primary care practices.
MaineGeneral looks to set up mobile vaccination clinics in Kennebec, Somerset counties
The health care provider has contacted 17 communities that reportedly have lower-than-average COVID-19 vaccination rates or are adjacent to communities with below-average rates.
Even when the vaccine travels to them, many Mainers won’t take it
In rural communities like the Androscoggin County town of Turner, enthusiasm about vaccinations is tepid.
As demand wanes, Waterville airport hosts no-appointment, mobile COVID-19 vaccination site
Location is for those 18 or older and is scheduled to be open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Wednesday at Robert LaFleur Municipal Airport on Airport Road.