The project ranks 14th in cost out of 578 tracked since 2014 and may also offer a competitive edge for the Portland hospital.
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Maine Medical Center proposes its largest expansion ever, at a cost of $512 million
The project would add 300,000 square feet to the hospital’s campus, put the main entrance on Congress Street and make changes to enhance patients’ stays.
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Our View: Organ donation system should include stronger incentives
A recent Maine kidney transplant is the result of an online plea – but tens of thousands of people remain on waiting lists.
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Letter to the editor: Ratings of Maine’s 2 largest hospitals ‘horrible and unacceptable’
The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released their new quality ratings for hospitals nationwide last month. This announcement wasn’t news for very long. That probably has the hospitals’ leaders breathing a sigh of relief. They probably think nobody noticed. I noticed! Maine’s two largest hospitals, Eastern Maine Medical Center and Maine Medical Center, […]
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Mercy Hospital offering buyouts to 99 employees
The buyouts come as the hospital system trims expenses while consolidating operations at its Fore River complex in Portland.
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Foundation gives $5 million to fight lung cancer in Maine
The grant to Maine Medical Center from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation will be used to improve prevention, early detection and treatment of lung cancer.
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Maine Med plants seeds for doctors to focus on health impact of food
A new residency program will teach about preventing disease and helping patients change habits and diets.
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Driver whose SUV plunged off Bath bridge released from hospital
The Windham woman was treated for a facial gash, broken ribs and other injuries, and her son suffered fractures when the vehicle landed in a truck’s bed 30 feet below.
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Feature obituary: Anna Ciccarelli, 77, assisted in thousands of births at Maine Med
She is remembered as easily balancing her roles as nurse, wife, mother and grandmother.
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Daughter: Fall victim at Maine Medical Center wasn’t suicidal, was probably disoriented
She thinks Paul Cady of Hollis just wanted to go home, as the hospital declines to discuss how the man being treated for brain injuries got out the sixth-floor window.