Collaborative groups of health care networks, the University of Maine System and St. Joseph’s College will receive a combined total of nearly $2.3 million to expand medical training in communities like Farmington, Norway, Bridgton and Blue Hill.
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Hospital workers are expected to ‘tolerate a level of abuse’ unacceptable anywhere else
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.
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Hospital workers say they experience assault, threats of violence nearly every day
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.
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Bill Nemitz: In rural Maine, a small hospital leans into the COVID-19 storm
Far from the big-city medical centers, the pandemic lays claim to the unvaccinated.
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Western Maine hospital sees first positive coronavirus case
As the first positive COVID-19 case is identified in Norway, Stephens Memorial Hospital continues preparations to meet the spreading threat.
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Era ending as Churchill retires from Western Maine Health
Timothy Churchill is scheduled to retire Dec. 31 as president and CEO.
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NASA researcher lands at Stephens Memorial Hospital
Dr. Heidi DeBlock has been a visiting research scientist at Johnson Space Center in Houston.