News & Events

Machias and Calais – Down East Community Hospital and Calais Community Hospital are excited to announce that we have received confirmation that requests we submitted last year for CDS funds

Paul Canny, RN, and Brandis Townsend were chosen as Down East Community Hospital’s 2025 Employees of the Year! Brandis is our non-clinical Employee of the Year and Paul is our

Machias and Calais – Down East and Calais Community Hospital CEO, Steve Lail, presents Machias Area Food Pantry volunteers Nancy Lewis and Ken Warner with a check for $5,000.00 for

Machias – At Down East Community Hospital in Machias, staff and patients alike are thankful for the new blanket warmer that was purchased with funds donated by the DECH Auxiliary.

Machias and Calais – When Down East Community Hospital and Calais Community Hospital’s Certified Clinical Medical Assistant In-Training (CCMAIT) program launched earlier this year, five individuals stepped forward with different

Machias – Bonnie Ellen (Bassett) Healy of Whiting leaves $207,716 of her estate to Down East Community Hospital. CEO, Steve Lail, on the donation, “We are very appreciative and humbled

Machias – Down East Community Hospital is happy to announce that we have installed a new GE state-of-the-art Revolution Ascend CT scanner. This project started in December of 2024 by

Machias and Calais – Down East Community Hospital and Calais Community Hospital held its annual meeting of the Corporators on Wednesday, June 11.  CEO, Steve Lail, reported the financial health

Machias – The first baby born at Down East Community Hospital in Machias for the new year arrived at 6:36pm on January 5. Davis Joseph Green, the first child of