MaineGeneral Health
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PublishedDecember 28, 2021
Augusta’s MaineGeneral Medical Center looks to expand services, rebuild workforce in 2022
The pandemic resulted in some of the hospital's greatest challenges in 2021, according to a hospital spokeswoman.
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PublishedDecember 18, 2021
Some hospital workers raise alarms over lack of dedicated COVID-19 paid sick time
Nurses at MaineGeneral that get sick with COVID-19 and miss work must use their earned time off to be paid, officials said.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2021
Augusta-based MaineGeneral loses 191 employees, about 4% of workforce, over COVID vaccine mandate
The staffing disclosure came following last week's deadline for the state's health care workers to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2021
MaineGeneral Health working on contingency plan for staffing as deadline approaches for Mills’ vaccination mandate
As of Tuesday, about 81% of the hospital's employees met the COVID-19 vaccination mandate Gov. Janet Mills has set for health care workers.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2021
Patient says some MaineGeneral staff threatened to not treat her for asking if they were vaccinated
MaineGeneral spokesperson Joy McKenna said nothing prohibits patients from asking about staff members' vaccination status and the hospital would not refuse treatment for such queries.
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PublishedJuly 31, 2021
MaineGeneral continues to establish pop-up vaccine clinics, with 10 in August
The health system is also offering free vaccinations at all of its primary care practices.
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PublishedMarch 2, 2021
Augusta Civic Center’s vaccine clinic closing next week for legislative activity
The clinic, which will be closed March 10-11, is due to reopen March 12, according to Kennebec County Emergency Management Agency Director Sean Goodwin.
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2021
MaineGeneral Health did not intend to offer ‘privileged access’ to COVID-19 vaccine, official says
The hospital's 17-person Board of Directors was largely unavailable for comment on questions of vaccine equity, but the board chairman said the recent vaccine clinic was done according to CDC guidelines and provided useful feedback in making the process better.
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PublishedMay 30, 2019
Maine hospital to boost parent services for at-risk mothers
MaineGeneral Medical Center says its pediatric center will start working with up to 40 women and their children in Kennebec and Somerset counties starting July 1.
