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PublishedFebruary 2, 2023
Mercy Hospital ordered to pay $6.5 million to family of man who died after misdiagnosis
Peter Smith was 25 when he died from Lyme disease in 2017. A jury decided Wednesday that Dr. John Henson failed to accurately diagnose him despite several visits.
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PublishedDecember 28, 2021
New emergency department caps Mercy Hospital’s multi-year consolidation
Patients and staff will move from the 80-year-old downtown Portland hospital to Mercy's Fore River medical complex next week.
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PublishedMay 29, 2020
Portland’s major hospitals return to peak levels of COVID-19 patients
Maine Medical Center’s numbers match the early-April peak, while Mercy Hospital sets a new high.
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PublishedMay 22, 2020
Portland’s major hospitals see sharp increases in COVID-19 hospitalizations
But cases at most other hospitals across Maine remained flat over the past week.
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PublishedApril 5, 2020
Maine Acts of Kindness: Portland hotel donates 50 rooms to health care workers
Clarion Hotel is providing space at no cost so Maine Medical Center and Mercy Hospital employees on the coronavirus front line can rest and recharge.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2020
Northern Light Health appoints new chief executive
The health care system's senior vice president and chief operating officer, Tim Dentry, will take over the top spot April 1.
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PublishedDecember 5, 2019
Mercy Hospital gets $1 million challenge grant
The grant will help the hospital finish up fundraising for its move to the Fore River Parkway campus.
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PublishedAugust 14, 2019
L.L. Bean heir and wife donate $1 million to Mercy Hospital
Leon L. Bean's grandson James Gorman and his wife, Maureen Gorman, contributed to the Portland hospital's $20 million relocation campaign.
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PublishedMay 3, 2019
Mercy wins key approval to leave State Street campus for $75 million hospital
The Department of Health and Human Services approves a certificate of need for Northern Light Mercy Hospital to build its new facility on the Fore River Parkway.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2018
Photos from the past: 100 years ago, Mercy Hospital opened for patients in a deadly flu epidemic
Originally called Queen's Hospital, the Portland health care institution has been a passion project of the Sisters of Mercy.
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