“Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine,” a central European proverb contends. History seems to bear that out. The use of water as a medical treatment and as a means of rehabilitation is as old as mankind. Historical and archaeological evidence has shown that it has been used for several thousand years in
Read more →By Robbie McKay Lincoln News • February 5, 2019 MILLINOCKET – The Maine Center for Disease Control has notified Millinocket Regional Hospital that the flu has reached all 16 of Maine’s counties. Officials at MRH received communication from MSDC on January 30 of the widespread influenza outbreak. Ryan Hafford, Laboratory manager for MRH released
Read more →By Robbie McKay Lincoln News • January 10, 2019 MILLINOCKET – The Northern Timber Cruisers Snowmobile club are holding their 7th annual snowball run for cancer research on Saturday, January 19, and this year the proceeds will go to benefit Millinocket Regional Hospital’s Oncology Restoration Project. With 75 to 150 riders usually participating, the
Read more →MILLINOCKET – “My idea of exercise is a good brisk sit,” comedian Phyllis Diller suggested once. Comedian Ellen DeGeneres declared: ‘I really don’t think I need buns of steel. I’d be happier with buns of cinnamon.” Fitness and exercise, however, are no laughing matters for 92-year-old Harold Higgins of Millinocket, nor the approximately 172 other
Read more →By Robbie McKay Lincoln News • October 11, 2018 MILLINOCKET – When the Northern Timber Cruisers put on a benefit supper, they don’t fool around. Last Thursday, the club opened their 2018/2019 public supper season with a bang. The proceeds for this event went entirely to the Millinocket Regional Hospital’s oncology clinic renovation project. And
Read more →By Robbie McKay Lincoln News • September 27, 2018 MILLINOCKET – With summer behind us and fall in full swing, the drive to raise funds for the Oncology Clinic at MRH is continuing full steam ahead. A variety of events are scheduled to take place that will hopefully help the hospital “family” achieve their
Read more →By Robbie McKay Lincoln News • September 20, 2018 MILLINOCKET – MRH’s Employee/ Family Picnic and the 35th Annual Employee Service Awards Ceremony were held Thursday September 13th. With perfect weather in plentiful supply, employees relaxed under a huge tent and were treated to a bountiful picnic buffet that featured grilled chicken and hamburgers
Read more →By Robbie McKay Lincoln News • September 20, 2018 MILLINOCKET – The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention has notified Millinocket Regional Hospital that there is an early start to the flu season here in Maine. MRH received information from the CDC that positive laboratory testings from around the state have shown that
Read more →By Robbie McKay Lincoln News • September 6, 2018 MILLINOCKET – Some of life’s greatest accomplishments are the results of endeavors that started on a small scale. At Millinocket Regional Hospital, the Oncology Department’s Renovation and Expansion Drive is proving that philosophy to be true. In February of 2017, the hospital community decided to
Read more →By Miles Howard The Boston Globe correspondent • August 01, 2018 The first sign of trouble was the guitar. It was a stupefyingly humid weekend in Baxter State Park — my hiking companion, c and I had driven there to climb Mount Katahdin and offer our blood to the black flies for a few days.
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