Machias – Associates at Hannaford’s proudly stand with DECH Board Chair and campaign Co-Chair, David Whitney to commemorate the $15,000 donation given to the DECH ED Expansion project by the Hannaford Charitable Foundation.
Machias – Nickerson & O’Day, Inc., construction Manager for the Down East Community Hospital- Emergency Department Expansion project is pleased to announce that we are hosting a Beam Raising Ceremony on January 18, 2017 commencing at 10:00AM
Machias – On December 2nd and 3rd, the first ever, Down East Community Hospital’s Hoops for Health Basketball Tournament will be held at the University of Maine, Machias gymnasium. There will be four games on Friday, starting at 4:30, then four more games on Saturday beginning at 10 am, featuring the girls and boys varsity teams from Machias, East Machias, Narraguagus and Jonesport Beals. There will also be a basketball exhibition by local varsity stars of the future. You’ll want to come early and look over the large selection of auction items, enjoy some great food from the concession stand, and settle in for a pre-season preview of Washington County high school hoops.
Machias – Down East Community Hospital welcomes Orthopedic Surgeon, Dr. Henry Jao. Dr. Jao will start seeing patients in January 2017 at the Orthopedic Building on the hospital campus.
On Friday, October 28, Down East Community Hospital and Arnold Memorial Medical Center signed a partnership agreement. With the agreement, Dr. Steven Weisberger’s primary care practice will become a department of Down East Community Hospital and he and his staff will become part of the DECH family. The transition of Dr. Weisberger and his staff to become employees of the Down East Community Hospital is in process with an expected go-live date of February 1, 2017. Dr. Weisberger will continue to see patients at Arnold Memorial Medical Center.
Machias – On Wednesday, October 26, Down East Community Hospital and Machias Savings Bank came together to announce the community phase of the capital campaign to build the new Emergency Department. The Capital Campaign Committee had raised over 1.2 million of the targeted 1.5 million by contacting and meeting with individuals, companies, and philanthropic organizations. Many of the Machias Savings Bank employees applauded the hospital’s effort. In appreciation of all the widely ranging services, from women’s care to nursing homes, the MSB employees delivered over 250 Halloween whoopie pies to DECH staff across four locations.
The staff at Milbridge Medical Center was recently recognized by the Maine Immunization Program for being one of 11 facilities to have reached the highest percentage for both males and females (11—18 years of age) who have received all three doses of HPV vaccine.
The employees of A.C. Inc. on Beals Island proudly presented DECH Board Chair, David Whitney, with the $15,000 donation that put the Emergency Department Capital Campaign over the $1,000,000 mark.
The Muskie School of Public Service Patient Safety Academy will award Down East Community Hospital’s Quality Improvement Nurse, Erin Ingalls, RN, BSN, CNOR, CPPS, with their Rising Tide Award.
Down East Community Hospital, BlueWater Emergency Partners, and Sunrise Opportunities come together to support the efforts of ARISE Addiction Recovery Inc. in improving access to addiction recovery services and recently presented ARISE founder, Paul Trovarello, with a donation in the amount of $7,500.
