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.
Read more →Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention Public Health Advisory • July 9, 2018 Maine CDC and its public health partners are receiving multiple questions and consultations about Lone Star ticks, as well as ehrlichiosis and alpha-gal (red meat) allergies. To address these questions and concerns, they have created an informational public health advisory document
Read more →By Robbie McKay Lincoln News • May 17, 2018 MILLINOCKET – When Angela Morrow found out she had breast cancer, she decided to not only fight for her own life but for others lives as well. Nine years later, her legacy continues. The Ninth Annual Battle for a Cure Softball Tournament takes place this
Read more →By Benjamin Barr, Jr. Lincoln News • April 12, 2018 MILLINOCKET—The word oncology may or may not be known to the general public; certainly to those who have had tumors or cancers or know someone who does knows what it is about and why it is important. Dictionary.com come defines it as “the branch
Read more →By Robbie McKay, Lincoln News • April 12, 2018 MILLINOCKET – National Volunteer Week is April 15-22 and Millinocket Regional Hospital is celebrating that with a relaunch of their own program. Katie Mackin, marketing coordinator for MRH, wants people to realize how vitally important volunteers are to the hospital and its staff. “We hope others
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