MRC’s Hospital in the Spot Light!

St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center is a 233-bed acute care facility serving a large territory with over 112,000 residents. St. Mary’s combines the best of medical technology with human compassionto meet the needs of those in Androscoggin County, and beyond. The Regional Wound Care and Hyperbolic Center has three of the only five hyperbolic chambers in Maine. Physicians and nurses comprise a specially trained team providing care for smoke inhalation and CO poisoning, Osteoradionecrosis, decompression illness, air or gas embolism, and diabetic foot ulcers. The Women’s Health Pavilion offers a full array of health services including Family Birthing Unit, state-of-the-art private birthing rooms with whirlpool baths. The d’Youville Pavilion is the largest nursing home north of Boston offering 112-bed medicare certified skilled care unit, 42-bed Alzheimer Unit, and 126-bed Nursing Facility. St. Mary’s psychiatry unit consists of 51 inpatient beds caring for patients of all ages. They provide a full range of programs, including adolescent chemical dependency, eating disorders, inpatient and outpatient counseling, and even safe housing for young people and families in crisis.

Recently, St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center received three national awards for healthcare service quality from Avatar International Inc., a leader in healthcare research and consulting. St. Mary’s was nationally recognized for Best Performance in Emergency Care, Best Performance in Inpatient Care, and Meeting and Exceeding Patient Expectations, all based on the results of patient surveys.

The Lewiston-Auburn area, known locally as “LA,” represents two cities which are side by side on opposite banks of the Androscoggin River in south-central Maine. These communities are about half an hour north of Portland. Here, you will find safe, family-friendly communities and excellent private and public schools. You will have the pleasure of living near Bates College, ranked by The Princeton Review in 2005 as the nation’s “Best Value” college. Being so near to Portland, and under three hours from Boston, LA residents have easy access to all the amenities offered by large cities. A 45 minute drive could have you enjoying Maine’s spectacular coast, delighting in the fragrant ocean breeze… or you could be high in the mountains, surveying a panoramic view that extends for dozens of miles in every direction. This central location gives you limitless options!

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