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MaineHealth sued over potential closure of labor and delivery unit
A pregnant resident of Lincoln County, with the backing of a grassroots organizing group, filed a lawsuit against MaineHealth on Wednesday to prevent the closure of a labor and delivery unit at MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital in Damariscotta. MaineHealth’s board of trustees is expected to vote on the closure Thursday morning.
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MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital advances new regional model for women’s health care
MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital will move forward with a new regional model for women’s health services that preserves comprehensive prenatal and postpartum care in Damariscotta, expands local gynecologic services and transitions inpatient Labor and Delivery services to MaineHealth Mid Coast Hospital effective Dec. 18, 2026. The model was endorsed by...
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Free vision clinic offers eye exams, glasses in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND — The Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services partnered with several vision-related organizations to provide free eye exams and glasses to 300 people in South Portland this week. EyeMed, a vision and hearing discount program offered by Northeast Delta Dental and the OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation came together...
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Supporters of Lincoln Hospital birthing unit seek court injunction to prevent closure
Supporters of the birthing unit at Lincoln Hospital in Damariscotta are asking a court to prevent its closure. Corrinna Stum, who is pregnant and due in January, filed a lawsuit in Lincoln County Superior Court on Wednesday. In it, she alleges that MaineHealth's assessment of whether to preserve the birthing unit has not been fair or transparent.
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MaineHealth to close Danariscotta birthing center
DAMARISCOTTA – MaineHealth has decided to close the birthing center at Lincoln Hospital in Damariscotta in December, despite a public campaign to keep the center open. The nonprofit announced its decision Thursday. The announcement noted that “prenatal and postpartum care” would still be available in Damariscotta, but beginning Dec. 18 of this year, “inpatient labor and delivery services” will be transitioned to MaineHealth’s Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick.
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Damariscotta community bands together to try to save maternity ward at Lincoln Hospital
PORTLAND (WGME) – A critical decision is just days away for families in Midcoast Maine. MaineHealth is preparing to vote on the future of Lincoln Hospital's maternity ward in Damariscotta. The small coastal community of Damariscotta is busy welcoming summer tourists, but for those who live there full-time, they...
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Woman Awarded Millions After Hospital Mistakenly Removed Her Bladder During Routine Surgery
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Wiscasset Select Board Approves Wastewater Facility Committee
The Wiscasset Select Board approved creating an ad hoc committee dedicated to providing outreach and education for the wastewater treatment plant’s relocation at its Tuesday, July 21 meeting. Select board member Cassaundra Rose proposed the committee at the July 7 meeting, and presented a committee directive on Tuesday, July...
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Woman whose bladder was removed at Northern Light Inland Hospital wins lawsuit
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Lincoln Hospital Board Considers Labor and Delivery
The MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital Local Board met on Thursday, July 23 to discuss the future of the labor and delivery unit at the Damariscotta-based hospital. Shortly after the meeting, the Miles Delivers Action Coalition released an open letter that said the board cast the first vote to close the unit.
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Nurses call for Maine Medical Center to cut Palantir ties
PORTLAND – Nurses at Maine’s largest hospital are demanding MaineHealth cut ties with Palantir, a company they said works too closely with the federal government to be trusted. “There’s no reason that a company with that backwards of values should be involved with any health care organization,” said...