Lewiston hospitals see record levels of virus inpatients, while numbers stay flat or fall elsewhere
There s no clear explanation for the shifting geography of hospitalizations, the Maine CDC says.
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Hospitalizations for COVID-19 remained flat at a high level across Maine for a third week running – an encouraging sign – but hit record levels at both of Lewiston’s hospitals.
The burden of caring for people acutely affected by the coronavirus has shifted around the state over the past two months in ways that have so far defied easy explanation, hammering Bangor’s Eastern Maine Medical Center in December before shifting south to hospitals in Portland and Lewiston.
Northern Light Inland Hospital receiving $100,000 to cover COVID-19 losses
Through the Maine Health Care Financial Relief Grant Program, eight Northern Light Hospitals will receive $100,000 each to assist in covering losses as a result of the pandemic.
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WATERVILLE Inland Hospital will be among eight Northern Light hospitals to each receive a $100,000 grant through a Maine Health Care Financial Relief program.
The Mills Administration announced the program Nov. 30 with a 10-day turnaround for application submissions.
“Maine’s health care providers have risen to countless challenges throughout the pandemic, from caring for those directly and indirectly affected by COVID-19, to protecting their workforces, to partnering with Maine (Department of Health and Human Services) to expand free testing,” said Jeanne Lambrew, commissioner of Maine DHHS.