Eastern Maine Medical Center
| Eastern Maine Medical Center | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, United States |
| Coordinates | 44°48′30″N 68°45′05″W / 44.8082°N 68.7514°WCoordinates: 44°48′30″N 68°45′05″W / 44.8082°N 68.7514°W |
| Organization | |
| Funding | Non-profit hospital |
| Network | Eastern Maine Health Services |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Level II trauma center |
| Helipad | Yes |
| Beds | Licensed for 411 350 in use |
| History | |
| Founded | June 7, 1892 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Maine |
Eastern Maine Medical Center (frequently shorted to Eastern Maine or simply EMMC) is a hospital located in Bangor, Maine that serves communities throughout central, eastern, and northern Maine. EMMC is the second largest hospital in the state with 411 inpatient beds, serves more than 40% of the population of the state, and is the sixth largest employer in the state. EMMC is the only provider of trauma care in its class, and the only advanced critical care provider, in eastern and northern Maine.
EMMC is host of Lifeflight of Maine. Eastern Maine Medical Center is also a major training affiliate of the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine. According to Leapfrog Group, EMMC is one of 16 hospitals that were "A"-rated for safety in Maine; 80% of the state's hospitals received "A"-grades, surpassed only by Massachusetts with 83%.
In March 1891, a public meeting in Bangor resulting in a petition being circulated calling for the "establishment, operation, and maintenance of a General Hospital for the charitable and benevolent purposes of aiding, treating and relieving the sick, injured and disabled..." The petition was signed by 70 citizens. A year later, five physicians: Doctors William Mason, Walter Hunt, Everett Nealey, William Baxter and William Simmons published a notice in a local newspaper announcing that a Bangor General Hospital would open its doors on June 7, 1892; this caused some controversy over whether such a notice constituted "advertising" and thus violated the Medical Code of Ethics. A paper was read on the issue at the annual AMA meeting in Milwaukee, and a Dr. D. A. Robinson argued for the hospital.
The new hospital opened on schedule in a rented space in the Mace House. A Boston City Hospital graduate, Elizabeth Spratt, was hired as superintendent of the hospital and organized a school for nurses. That summer, three students enrolled into the program, and those students served as the primary nursing staff under Spratt. December saw the incorporation of the hospital, and Charles Hamlin stepping up as president of what is now the board of trustees; one hundred other citizens step up as well to provide funding, most notably Pricilla Blake, who provides $1,000 to the hospital.
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