By Robbie McKay Lincoln News • September 6, 2018 MILLINOCKET – Some of life’s greatest accomplishments are the results of endeavors that started on a small scale. At Millinocket Regional Hospital, the Oncology Department’s Renovation and Expansion Drive is proving that philosophy to be true. In February of 2017, the hospital community decided to
Read more →By Miles Howard The Boston Globe correspondent • August 01, 2018 The first sign of trouble was the guitar. It was a stupefyingly humid weekend in Baxter State Park — my hiking companion, c and I had driven there to climb Mount Katahdin and offer our blood to the black flies for a few days.
Read more →Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention Public Health Advisory • July 9, 2018 Maine CDC and its public health partners are receiving multiple questions and consultations about Lone Star ticks, as well as ehrlichiosis and alpha-gal (red meat) allergies. To address these questions and concerns, they have created an informational public health advisory document
Read more →By Robbie McKay Lincoln News • May 17, 2018 MILLINOCKET – When Angela Morrow found out she had breast cancer, she decided to not only fight for her own life but for others lives as well. Nine years later, her legacy continues. The Ninth Annual Battle for a Cure Softball Tournament takes place this
Read more →By Benjamin Barr, Jr. Lincoln News • April 12, 2018 MILLINOCKET—The word oncology may or may not be known to the general public; certainly to those who have had tumors or cancers or know someone who does knows what it is about and why it is important. Dictionary.com come defines it as “the branch
Read more →By Robbie McKay, Lincoln News • April 12, 2018 MILLINOCKET – National Volunteer Week is April 15-22 and Millinocket Regional Hospital is celebrating that with a relaunch of their own program. Katie Mackin, marketing coordinator for MRH, wants people to realize how vitally important volunteers are to the hospital and its staff. “We hope others
Read more →By Robbie McKay, Lincoln News • April 12, 2018 MILLINOCKET – Millinocket Regional Hospital is announcing that Dr. Nilesh Patil has received a faculty appointment to the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center in Pittsburg. Dr. Patil will not only be practicing orthopedic surgery but also will be teaching medical students as well. Dr. Patil began
Read more →By Robbie McKay, Lincoln News • April 5, 2018 MILLINOCKET – When Millinocket Regional Hospital wanted to hold a fundraising dinner to benefit their oncology department, they needed a venue and contacted the Elks Lodge for help. Not only did the organization offer their facility for the hospital to use, they also donated a whopping
Read more →By Robbie McKay, Lincoln News • March 29, 2018 MILLINOCKET – Everyone loves a great dinner, but that dinner becomes super tasty if partaking of it contributes to a worthy cause. Millinocket Regional Hospital is hosting a public supper on Friday, April 6 from 4:30-7 p.m. at the Elks Lodge located at 213 Aroostook Avenue in
Read more →By Meg Haskell, BDN Staff • January 18, 2018 1:00 am Almost four months after Hurricane Maria devastated the U.S. island territory of Puerto Rico, its impact is still being felt in hospitals across the country, including in Maine. Among the many casualties of the Sept. 20 storm were medical supply manufacturing facilities, an important
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