New access to care program offered at Franklin Memorial Hospital

Farmington hospital to offer new access to care program

FMH security clears snow for a patient

Health care networks, universities to receive $2.3 million in funding to expand rural education opportunities

Collaborative groups of health care networks, the University of Maine System and St. Joseph's College will receive a combined total of nearly $2.3 million to expand medical training in communities like Farmington, Norway, Bridgton and Blue Hill.

Franklin Memorial Hospital holds open house for new food pantry

The new location continues to offers healthy options for patients that may not have access to food.

Tradition carried on at FMH block party

The Fall Block Party returns to Franklin Memorial Hospital after coronavirus pandemic halted the free family-oriented educational event.

Hannaford supports MaineHealth Food As Medicine program

Funding will increase access to nutritious food for under-resourced individuals with chronic health conditions in greater Franklin County.

Hannaford donates $350,000 to MaineHealth in support of Food As Medicine program

Funding will increase access to nutritious food for needy individuals with chronic health conditions in greater Franklin County.

Hospital workers are expected to ‘tolerate a level of abuse’ unacceptable anywhere else

There is a cultural expectation that health care workers, especially in hospitals, tolerate abusive behavior, making them less likely to want to pursue a criminal case and law enforcement and district attorneys less likely to prosecute, hospital workers told the Sun Journal.

Hospital workers say they experience assault, threats of violence nearly every day

While the circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic have contributed to a rise in incidents, violence against health care workers was an issue long before it started.