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How MaineHealth determines where its allocation of COVID-19 vaccines goes Share Updated: 8:52 AM EST Feb 24, 2021 Share Updated: 8:52 AM EST Feb 24, 2021
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Show Transcript EQUITY. BUT THE BIG STRAIN CONTINUES TO BE THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO MORE VACCINATIONS. NOW THEY JUST NEED MORE DOSES. 12:39 IT S SORT OF LIKE A MOVING TARGET MAINE HEALTH S CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER DR. JOAN BOOMSMA, SAYS POPULATION IS A BIG DRIVER IN DETERMINING WHERE THEY SEND COVID-19 VACCINE DOSES WITHIN THEIR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. EACH WEEK SHE TRACKS THE PERCENTAGE OF 70 YEAR OLDS THAT HAVE BEEN VACCINATE IN EACH COUNTY, THIS WEEK THREE COUNTIES YORK FRANKLIN AND OXFORD HAVE A LOWER PERCENTAGE: 5:01 DOCTOR JOAN BOOMSMA CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER MAINE HEALTH WE WORKED WITH OUR HOSPITAL IN OXFORD STEPHENS MEMORIAL TO INCREASE THEIR CAPACIT AND MAKE SURE THAT THE VACCINE WAS AVAILABLE IN THAT COMMUNITY. LOOKING AT THIS PAST WEEK VACCINE ALLOCATIONS WENT TO MAINE MEDIC
Southern Maine Health Care welcomes Dr. Uche Onuoha
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BIDDEFORD, Maine – Southern Maine Health Care (SMHC) welcomes Uche Onuoha, MD, MPH who will serve as the Medical Director for WorkWell, Southern Maine Health Care’s Occupational Health Program.
Dr. Onuoha completed an internship in Internal Medicine at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, followed by Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the University of Connecticut Health Center and Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, respectively. Dr. Onuoha is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and received her Doctorate at Temple University School of Medicine, both in Philadelphia. She also holds a Master of Public Health from Mount Sinai School of Medical, New York. Since completing her training 9 years ago, Dr. Onuoha has practiced Occupational and Environmental medicine in large hospital based networks in New York and Pennsylvania.
SANFORD, Maine – Opening day for the new mass COVID vaccination clinic at the former Marshalls store at 1364 Main Street in Sanford will be Tuesday, March 2.
Southern Maine Health Care spokesperson Allison Kenty said the 29,000-square-foot site will have the capacity to vaccinate up to 1,000 people a day, thanks to the partnership among SMHC parent organization MaineHealth, the York County Emergency Management Agency and the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. This clinic will make a big difference in our efforts to vaccinate our community, Kenty said Tuesday.
Following March 2, the clinic will be open from 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. every day but Tuesdays.