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As medical services have retracted in rural places like Jackman, other options for delivering health care are constantly being evaluated, and a promising one in Somerset County features enhanced training so that paramedics can provide a higher degree of care.
As medical services have retracted in rural places like Jackman, other options for delivering health care are constantly being evaluated, and a promising one in Somerset County features enhanced training so that paramedics can provide a higher degree of care.
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Dr. Patricia Doyle’s patients come from a wide swath of western Maine, north of Sugarloaf and west of Moosehead Lake, that stretches to the Canadian border.
Except for some of the oldest and most vulnerable, most didn’t rush out to get the COVID-19 vaccine when they became eligible, she said.
Dr. Patricia Doyle
But because her practice, the Jackman Community Health Center, is relatively small, she and others have been doing regular outreach – personal calls where they can connect with individuals away from the noise of cable TV or Facebook, to answer questions and allay fears.
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A grant from Skowhegan Savings Bank will allow Penobscot Community Health Care to make needed upgrades at its Jackman Community Health Center over the next five years, as it continues to develop a pilot health care program for the northern Somerset County town.
The $25,000 grant is the bank s third in Jackman and supports Bangor-based PCHC s efforts to improve health care access for the remote area. The most recent funding will be used for both equipment replacements and upgrades needed to support day-to-day operations at the clinic. The upgrades are critical for the clinic, which provides both primary care and acute walk-in services and is the only medical center within a 90-minute drive.