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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mercy Hospital - 100 Years of Mercy Hospital

"… opened in September 2008 with a state-of-the-art medical office building and an advanced new hospital facility."

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"The prenatal clinic offered medical care and personal counseling to pregnant women who lacked a private physician or were unable to afford care…"

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"… by the establishment of a permanent lay medical staff first headed by Dr. Louis Derry. That same year the Record Room opened."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… dropped from the line in 1956 as focus shifted to medical supply items. In 1958, a devastating fire wiped out the entire production and warehousing…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"The medical facility was renovated and a physician’s office added; a new middle school was constructed and the old one sold for a dollar to house a…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"… after her mother died to help out How did you get medication? Doctors were around town. They would come to the house; you wouldn’t have to go to an…"

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"The old Queen’s Hospital buildings were kept for housing and classrooms for the 140 students then enrolled in the School of Nursing."

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… Residence at 194 Spring Street in March 1988 in a building loaned by the hospital. This first residence contained three small apartments, which…"

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"… to service, used an unexpected inheritance to build a House of Mercy to care for homeless women and children in Dublin, which opened in 1827."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"The main hospital building at the Aroostook Medical Center on Academy Street is named in his honor. In 1905, while searching for lumber, he found a…"

Historic Hallowell - Dr. John Hubbard

"After attending medical school he practiced medicine in Virginia but returned to Hallowell in 1830 and set up his practice in a small office off…"

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"Medical implements from the Lincoln Historical Society collection X Eventually, Thelma Stratton opened the Stratton Hospital on the corner of…"

Historic Hallowell - In Sickness and in Health

"… of these men were members of the Massachusetts Medical Society and many traveled to Boston for medical conferences."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… two drugstores, and had been a high-ranking medical student from the University of Massachusetts before establishing his business."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… of early and present island life is medical care. In the early days, doctors had to be fetched from the mainland by boat to attend the sick…"

Lincoln, Maine - Workman's Hospital

"… having something there just in case there was a medical emergency. We also learned we needed a bigger and safer hospital."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"Two medical institutions served the Lincoln area at that time: the Workman Hospital and Lincoln Hospital—neither of which received certification to…"

Historic Hallowell - This won't hurt a bit!

"… Warrington, a "dissenting academy." He pursued a medical degree at the University of Ediburgh, but was interested in all areas of human knowledge."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 3 of 3

"… if someone were to have an emergency and needed medical attention, the injured person had to ride on someone’s back."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 2 of 3

"… high school, he was drafted into the army as a medical officer. Jeremiah went to Germany, where he was a dental hygienist."

Historic Hallowell - Martha Ballard

"… a keeper of vital records, a chronicler of the medical history of her town. Her diary in 1793 documents the appearance in town of what had to be a…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 1 of 2

"… Maine General Hospital, BangorEastern Maine Medical Center As time went on, Eastern Maine Medical Center continued to improve and grow."

Historic Hallowell - Day 3 - Page 1 of 2

"… Glady McClusky was moved to the Maine General Medical Center to get treated for carbon monoxide poisoning."