Maine hospitals welcome first babies of the new year
Maine Medical Center in Portland, MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta, Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston and Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor all had newborns on the first day of 2021.
Some of the first babies born in 2021 arrived at Maine hospitals on New Year’s Day.
Winnie Reiche
Maine Medical Center
At Maine Medical Center in Portland, the Reiche family welcomed Winnie, a girl, who was born at 1:58 a.m. Friday. The first child of Sarah and George Reiche of Portland, she weighed 6 pounds, 1 ounce, and measured 19 1/4 inches in length.
On December 22,
The Ellsworth American newspaper published an article entitled Protective measures: Gloves made in Trenton are part of vaccine effort. In the article, journalist Rebecca Alley described how hospital staff at Northern Light Mercy Hospital in Portland and Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor use Tempshield gloves to handle storage materials for Pfizer s vaccines, which must be stored at -94 degrees Fahrenheit.
Since Cryo-Gloves are designed for the safe handling of materials used to store liquid nitrogen, they are more than up to the task. Luckily, Tempshield s Cryo-Gloves provide protection against temperatures as frigid as -320 degrees Fahrenheit, Alley said.
Alleged shooterâs wife also arrested
ELLSWORTH â Hancock County Sheriffâs deputies on Tuesday arrested the wife of a Milbridge man who has been charged with attempted murder in a Dec. 20 shooting at a Trenton residence.
Sherry Smith, 49, was charged with aggravated attempted murder and robbery and taken to the Hancock County Jail.
Smithâs husband, Larry W. Smith, 51, is still incarcerated at the jail on charges of attempted murder and robbery. Larry Smithâs bail has been set at $250,000 cash.
District Attorney Matt Foster said Sherry Smith is accused of stabbing one of the men the couple were trying to rob.
Saint Mary s Regional Medical Center
The @pfizer vaccine has arrived here in Maine and @NorthernLightH officials say it received 975 doses that will be going to frontline workers first. Dr. James Jarvis says this is a great day, but the pandemic is not over #NEWSCENTERmainepic.twitter.com/80DblSOFRe Jackie Mundry (@j mundry) December 14, 2020
The Mainers getting the first vaccines will be front line workers who are most likely to come in contact with a COVID-19 positive patient. These vaccines will be done in phases so not everyone in one department gets it at once in case mild side effects cause employees to be out of work for a few days.
Northern Light updates council on vaccine rolloutÂ
ELLSWORTH â Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Centerâs director of clinical education, Dr. Jim Jarvis, presented COVID-19 vaccine information to the City Council on Dec. 21. He was joined by Senior Physician Executive at Northern Light Blue Hill Hospital Dr. Mike Murnik and Director of Communications Kelley Columber.
The information session followed Councilor Robert Millerâs COVID-19 Education slideshow he said would be made available on the city of Ellsworthâs website. Miller has been a pharmacist for 25 years and a disaster pharmacist since 2002.
The Northern Light team attended the meeting virtually to âlet the community know what to expectâ with vaccine distribution, potential allergic reactions and other questions arising out of the emergence of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.