The Trauma Advisory Committee will vote on the panel’s recommendations at a meeting next week.
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Central Maine Healthcare staff are 97% vaccinated, system officials say
It was unclear why there was a discrepancy between numbers reported by CMH and the DHHS.
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Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn
‘Do not delay emergency care,’ Central Maine Medical Center officials say
The hospital, which recently suspended pediatric and trauma admissions, said its emergency department is open and able to treat patients.
Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn
Central Maine Medical Center temporarily stops pediatric and trauma admissions
Acute nursing staff shortages prompted the decision.
Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State
Back-to-school season amid the delta variant’s rise prompts concern among doctors
Some pediatricians are seeing a confluence of viruses all at once in children.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Blood shortage forces Maine Med to reschedule surgeries
The hospital says it rescheduled fewer than a dozen operations over the past three weeks because of a national supply chain shortage of blood products caused by severe weather.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Doctors try to keep up with flood of COVID-19 research
The disease is new, but scientists around the world are studying how to combat it.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Maine health care systems to defy CDC shift, continue testing anyone exposed to virus
The federal CDC said last week that testing isn’t necessary for people suspected of being exposed if they show no symptoms of COVID-19.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Central Maine Healthcare CEO: Topsham surgery center will be high-quality, low-cost option
The public has until Aug. 21 to submit comments on the proposal to the Maine DHHS.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Times Record
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.