The closure of a birthing center at a Damariscotta hospital is moving forward, the MaineHealth Board of Trustees announced Thursday, despite months of community opposition and concern about worsening health access for rural Mainers. In a statement Thursday, MaineHealth announced it would transition inpatient labor and delivery services from Lincoln Hospital to Mid Coast Hospital […]

More than 100 nurses, union members, officials and other supporters are calling on MaineHealth to intervene after federal immigration authorities detained a nurse last week.  Members of the Maine State Nurses Association and other supporters gathered outside Maine Medical Center Wednesday in support of Debora Kapisha, an asylum seeker who works at the Portland hospital, […]