By Shelley Farrington Lincoln News • July 29, 2021 MILLINOCKET – Millinocket Regional Hospital announces two additions to its MRH Primary Care staff. Dr. Alexandra Idenburg specializes in family medicine and has 20 years’ experience caring for patients of all ages, which will continue to be her focus at MRH. According to a press release from
Read more →By Rachel Ohm, Portland Press Herald • July 29, 2021 Millinocket Regional Hospital will require all staff to receive the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines when they receive final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, making the hospital the first in Maine to mandate coronavirus inoculations for employees. “Millinocket Regional Hospital is committed to
Read more →Millinocket Regional Hospital will require its entire staff to receive Pfizer or Moderna shots once they receive final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. By Rachel Ohm, Staff Writer Portland Press Herald • July 29, 2021 Millinocket Regional Hospital will require all staff to receive the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines when they
Read more →By Shelley Farrington Lincoln News • July 22, 2021 KATAHDIN REGION – As vaccination rates continue to decline nationally, Maine still has one of the highest rates of vaccination at 68 percent who are eligible are fully vaccinated. Officials at Millinocket Regional Hospital have worked hard to reach vaccination rates of over 70 percent in
Read more →RELEASE DATE July 7, 2021 [MILLINOCKET, MAINE] Consistency and convenience are the motive for recent revisions to the MRH vaccination plan. MRH Walk-In Care is now accepting appointments for the Moderna vaccine. Vaccines will be administered on Tuesday and Thursday of each week. To make an appointment for a Moderna vaccination, please visit: mrhme.org/getvax. Our
Read more →From the desk of Todd Phillips, RN, BSN, MPH Infection Preventionist June 7, 2021 Hello all, I wanted to share with you some news about vaccines that I thought to be important. Firstly, COVID-19 vaccines are effective. However, a small percentage of people who are fully vaccinated will still get COVID-19 if they are exposed
Read more →By Shelley Farrington Lincoln News • May 20, 2021 MILLINOCKET – As Millinocket Regional Hospital staff make final preparations for a student Pfizer vaccination clinic May 21, MRH Marketing Coordinator Katie Mackin provided more details for parents and guardians. The clinic will begin at 9 a.m. in the Stearns Junior/Senior High School gym for those
Read more →By Shelley Farrington Lincoln News • May 13, 2021 MILLINOCKET – Continuing its unwavering commitment to the Katahdin region, Millinocket Regional Hospital officials announce that they’ve obtained access to the Pfizer vaccine and will be providing a clinics specifically for 12 to 18 year olds on May 19 at Katahdin High School in Sherman and
Read more →By Shelley Farrington Lincoln News • May 13, 2021 EAST MILLINOCKET – The Millinocket Regional Walk-In Clinic in East Millinocket has been providing COVID-19 testing for area residents and visitors for almost a year and starting May 11 will be offer Johnson & Johnson vaccines to citizens with no appointment necessary. MRH Marketing Coordinator Katie
Read more →By Shelley Farrington Lincoln News • April 29, 2021 MILLINOCKET – The announcement last Friday that the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) had cleared the Johnson & Johnson one-shot COVID-19 vaccine for use added back another weapon in the Millinocket Regional Hospital’s arsenal for battling the pandemic in the Kathadin region. MRH Infection Preventionist Todd Phillips,
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