Eastern Maine Medical Center: 1892-1920


Nursery, Eastern Maine General Hospital, ca. 1915

Nursery, Eastern Maine General Hospital, ca. 1915
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Eastern Maine Medical Center

In 1919 "At the urgent request of government authorities, it was voted to establish an out-patient department especially for the treatment of venereal diseases."

A urology department is established with the appointment of Dr. Harrison J. Hunt.

The trustees vote to establish a social service department and ask the Women's Aid Society to investigate and make recommendations; action is deferred.

The laundry needs new machinery and the laundry building is in poor repair; the decision is made to have the work done outside.

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