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PublishedMarch 5, 2023
With no place to go, some patients in Maine spend months in hospitals
A lack of beds and staffing at assisted living facilities and nursing homes creates an unwelcome situation that benefits neither the languishing patients nor the hospitals shouldering their care.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2022
RSV may be peaking in Maine, but flu hospitalizations are on the rise
Maine is seeing an increase in influenza cases and hospitalizations.
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PublishedNovember 4, 2022
Maine hospitals are getting hit hard by RSV surge, officials say
With the spike in respiratory cases and the limited number of pediatric hospitals able to provide intensive care, officials from Maine's largest health care networks are warning people to take precautions.
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PublishedNovember 4, 2022
Former EMMC employee awarded $3 million, saying racial discrimination led to firing
Attorneys for David Ako-Annan said the damages represented the largest sum awarded for a racial discrimination case in Maine.
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PublishedDecember 14, 2021
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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PublishedOctober 21, 2021
Unvaccinated patients and employees driving COVID outbreaks in Maine hospitals
Maine hospitals have had 13 outbreaks resulting in one death since vaccinations for their employees became widely available.
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2021
Maine author says father died after COVID-19 exposure in Bangor hospital
Christina Baker Kline says the virus was not the ultimate cause of her father's death, but 'he died in quarantine with COVID with multiple infections that he got in the hospital as the result of COVID-related delays.'
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PublishedSeptember 23, 2021
Bangor hospital sets COVID-19 inpatient record for 2nd week as Maine hits highest ICU levels yet
The delta surge continues to pound the unvaccinated, who account for almost all coronavirus patients in critical care.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2021
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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PublishedSeptember 2, 2021
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.
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