The number is significantly up from the 8 initially reported, mirroring a similar recent disclosure by the owner of St. Mary’s hospital.
Hannah Kaufman
Staff Writer
Hannah Kaufman covers health and access to care in central and western Maine. She is on the first health reporting team at the Maine Trust for Local News, looking at state and federal changes through the eyes of patients. Hannah received a journalism degree from UNC-Chapel Hill and has finally forgiven Cooper Flagg for playing for Duke. She has been known to write a feature story, watch a movie, swim in a lake and have a palindrome for a name.
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Western Maine doctors swamped by flu: ‘Perfect storms’
‘Not a great time,’ one health care provider said. ‘Get your flu shot.’
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Owner of Lewiston hospital vastly underestimated scope of May data breach
St. Mary’s parent Covenant Health initially said fewer than 10,000 patients were affected. It now says the data of 478,000 people, including nearly 285,000 in Maine, was compromised.
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Togus to accept veterans by ambulance for the first time
The Augusta Veterans Administration hospital is complying with a federal order to accept ambulances.
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Pushback on syringe services hurts Maine’s HIV fight, experts say
Some local officials want to limit needle exchange programs that public health officials say are crucial to reducing the spread of blood-borne diseases.
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Central Maine Healthcare is the first recovery-friendly hospital system in Maine
‘I don’t know at the time that I knew how much of an impact it would have on my life and my sobriety,’ one employee said.
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Maine Veterans Affairs to eliminate hundreds of vacant jobs, sources say
The changes are part of a Trump administration effort to cut as many as 35,000 VA positions nationwide.
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Changes in federal drug-pricing program would hurt Maine’s rural hospitals, lawsuit says
St. Mary’s in Lewiston is a plaintiff in the suit, which targets a pilot program introduced by the Trump administration.
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Maine is down another trauma center. What does that mean?
There were 3 trauma centers in Maine before a Lewiston hospital decided not to recertify in December.
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Lewiston hospital can’t abandon trauma status, state says
Central Maine Medical Center would have to remain a trauma center as a condition of a California health system’s acquisition.