Franklin Memorial Hospital – The Portland Press Herald

Franklin Memorial Hospital will continue obstetric service, deliver babies if license changes

by Donna M. Perry June 19, 2023June 20, 2023

Hospital representatives intend to apply for Critical Access Hospital status and reduce its bed count from 65 to 25, if license changes.

Health, Local & State

Children are ‘languishing’ in hospitals while waiting for mental health services, providers say

by Emily Bader February 18, 2023February 18, 2023

Children with mental and behavioral health needs end up ‘languishing’ in hospitals for months on end thanks to long waiting lists and administrative barriers to treatment.

Health

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

by Emily Bader December 14, 2022December 14, 2022

Health care networks, the University of Maine System and St. Joseph’s College will receive a total of nearly $2.3 million to expand medical training in communities like Farmington and Norway.

Health, Local & State

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

by Emily Bader July 17, 2022October 13, 2022

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.

Health, Local & State

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

by Emily Bader July 10, 2022October 13, 2022

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.