Maine Medical Center News

The local man seriously burned when he helped stop a kitchen fire on July 26 is recovering, and he is buoyed by the establishment of relief funds in his name, officials said Thursday.

A local man was recovering in a Portland hospital on Monday after suffering serious burns when he and another neighbor got splashed by a burning pot of grease from a Main Street kitchen fire, officials said.

The American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living recently presented Silver Awards to Maine Medical Center for its performance is eight areas of specialty.

A motorcyclist was airlifted to Maine Medical Center after being seriously injured in an accident on Milton Road Monday afternoon.

A 5-year-old girl who was found unresponsive in the bottom of a Minot swimming pool Thursday evening remains at Maine Medical Center, where she was listed in critical condition, Portland television station WGME reported late Friday afternoon.

Four juveniles, including one who was transported to Maine Medical Center for treatment, were cited in connection with underage drinking on Wednesday night.

Both CAT scan machines at Maine Medical Center's Bramhall Street campus malfunctioned Thursday, leading some patients to visit another hospital for medical imaging.

Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said Biddeford police were called to an apartment house on Western Avenue for a shooting around 7 p.m. Sunday.