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PublishedJanuary 27, 2023
If you think your heart’s not in it, avoid shoveling wet, heavy snow
Shoveling involves a mix of activities that can strain the heart of someone with preexisting conditions that are often warning signs of a heart problem.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2023
Commentary: Failure to invest in residential facilities leaves Mainers with nowhere to go
Maine Medical Center is currently boarding 40 or more vulnerable patients who do not require the services of an acute care hospital.
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PublishedDecember 21, 2022
Maine Medical Center nurses protest cuts to paid leave
The hospital acknowledges that it cut paid leave for bereavement, jury duty and military service, saying the benefit was never discussed during contract negotiations with the nurses union this year.
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PublishedDecember 15, 2022
MaineHealth buys Portland shopping center for $16.8 million
The purchase adds to MaineHealth's real estate holdings near Maine Medical Center. The properties include a former Greyhound bus station that is being converted into a community food pantry.
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PublishedNovember 28, 2022
UNE to begin building new medical school at Portland campus
The $93 million health sciences facility will consolidate the University of New England's health programs on one site and allow for expanded enrollment in the state's only medical school.
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PublishedNovember 6, 2022
The Maine Millennial: Medicine is a group project
Maine Med was full almost to bursting when I had my donor kidney removed there, but the staff made me feel like I was the only patient in the building.
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PublishedNovember 4, 2022
RSV surge could delay some pediatric surgeries at Maine hospitals
The increase in cases of respiratory syncytial virus among young children is straining hospital capacity.
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PublishedOctober 22, 2022
Maine hospitals seeing spike in children’s respiratory virus
Respiratory syncytial virus is a common virus that usually causes cold-like symptoms. One to two out of every 100 children younger than 6 months with an RSV infection are hospitalized.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2022
UNE medical school’s move to Portland will allow it to grow and train more doctors
Construction on the school's $93 million home could begin next month, and Maine's only medical college could make the move to Portland in 2024.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2022
Maine Med, nurses reach contract agreement with 15% wage increases over 3 years
The tentative agreement will be voted on next week and is the first contract negotiated by the nurses union since it was formed last year.
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