It’s no “ER,” but life in the ED can be dramatic all the same.
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Lewiston, Topsham health systems debate surgical center
Central Maine Healthcare officials say there is a growing need. Midcoast-Parkview Health leaders say there aren’t enough patients to go around.
Midcoast-Parkview opposes CMHC surgical center for Topsham
Midcoast-Parkview officials say there aren’t enough patients to go around and that they’d lose revenue.
Furloughed workers return to area hospitals
Both Central Maine Healthcare and St. Mary’s Health System say most of their employees are back on the job and the rest are expected to return soon.
CMHC proposes $14M surgical center in Topsham
The outpatient center would be near its Care Center and Maine Urgent Care.
Pandemic hospitalizations in Maine continue to flatten and decline
Closing down activity in the state has flattened the COVID-19 curve and taken the pressure off hospitals, a Press Herald analysis finds, but dangers remain.
State gives final approval to Central Maine Healthcare’s proposed $38 million cancer center
DHHS Commissioner Jeanne Lambrew authorized the facility, which will update and centralize treatment in one building in Lewiston.
Central Maine Healthcare furloughs 300 workers
The temporary leave affects about 10% of its workforce.
As health care shifts, so do health care employees
Primary care doctors are leaving their offices to work in hospitals and nurses are staffing screening tents as the entire industry adapts to the coronavirus.
Some hospitals screening everyone for COVID-19 symptoms
Central Maine Healthcare checking employees, patients and visitors for symptoms.