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Southern Maine Health Care (SMHC) is pleased to welcome Uche Onuoha, MD, MPH who will serve as the Medical Director for WorkWell, Southern Maine Health Care’s Occupational Health Program.

Noelle Palmstrom joins an orthopedic team diagnosing and treating patients with a variety of musculoskeletal injuries including joint replacement, broken limbs, and major and minor sprains.

With news about coronavirus, relief packages and vaccines dominating daily conversations, issues such as the opioid epidemic were moved to the background. Also fading from view are the many programs and services that continue to address these health challenges.

Pen Bay Medical Center (PBMC) is excited to welcome Brien Davis, FNP, a primary care provider who has owned Hope Health Family Practice in Camden for many years.

Operated jointly by Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital, the clinics in Belfast and Rockport allow for easy registration and a smooth flow of patients through initial screening to registration to vaccination.

The Acute Respiratory Clinic (ARC), which conducts drive-thru COVID-19 testing at 731 Commercial St. in Rockport across from the Oakland Park Bowling Lanes, will continue to see patients by appointment Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The ARC will no longer schedule appointments for Sundays.

Settlers Crossing has provided funding for the purchase of a large tent structure which has been set up adjacent to the Hospital’s Emergency Department entrance to shelter staff and patients from the elements during testing.

The 30,000-square foot clinic will have the capacity to vaccinate up to 2,000 people a day, thanks to the contributions of community partners, led by Scarborough-based Crossroads Holdings

The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services has notified Memorial Hospital that additional COVID-19 vaccine doses will be sent to the hospital each week and scheduled using the 211 state vaccine call center.

Southern Maine Health Care (SMHC), part of AOAÌåÓýƽ̨, has named Jennifer Schmitz, FNP-C to the position of Chief Nursing Officer. Jennifer has served as interim Chief Nursing Officer since April 2020.