DECH is pleased to announce that they have recently signed a strategic network participant agreement with EMHS.
DECH Becomes Part of EMHS Strategic Network
Leap Year Baby
Blake Alexander Ampuja, Down East Community Hospital’s leap year baby of 2016, was born at 5:10pm. Monday.
DECH Physical Therapists Achieves New Status
Ashley Whitman Curtis PT, DPT, MS, CKTP, a physical therapist at Down East Community Hospital, recently achieved the status of Certified Kinesio Taping Practitioner.
DECH Begins Partnership with Emergency Department Firm
On Tuesday, January 27, 2016, Down East Community Hospital signed an agreement to work with Emergency Department management and staffing firm BlueWater Emergency Partners.
Machias Savings Bank Donates $250,000 to DECH ED Expansion
On Friday, January 15 2016, Machias Saving Bank President and CEO, Larry Barker, presented a $250,000 donation to DECH Board Chair, David Whitney, and DECH President and CEO, Dennis Welsh for the Emergency Department Expansion.
Sue Dorr, LSW, Retires after 36 Years at DECH
Sue Dorr, a licensed social worker who started work at Down East Community Hospital in 1979 decided to retire after 36 years of service.
New Year’s Baby Receives Welcome Basket at DECH
On January 2 at 10:04 pm Donald Therrien IV, weighing in at 6 lbs., 11 oz., became the first baby born at Down East Community Hospital for the year 2016. Donald is the handsome son of Alicia Batson and Donald Therrien III of Addison. Donald Therrien IV, not scheduled to be born until January 9, decided he would like to arrive a little sooner.