{"id":4185,"date":"2021-03-25T18:22:14","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T18:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/?page_id=4185"},"modified":"2023-01-27T16:34:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T16:34:01","slug":"first-150","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/first-150\/","title":{"rendered":"First 150"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container fusion-parallax-none nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-image: url(&quot;https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/header_first150.jpg&quot;);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border-style:solid;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center\" style=\"max-width:1193.4px;margin-left: calc(-2% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-2% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 41px 0px 0px;\"><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;margin-bottom : 30px;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 41px !important;margin-right : 2.156%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 2.156%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 0.98%;margin-left : 0.98%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 0.98%;margin-left : 0.98%;}}<\/style><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-1{ padding-top : 12%;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 5%;padding-bottom : 5%;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 5%;min-height:450px;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-1{ padding-top : 82px;padding-bottom : 82px;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1193.4px;margin-left: calc(-2% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-2% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h2>150 Year Legacy<\/h2>\n<p>Maine Medical Center has a rich history that traces its beginnings to the mid-nineteenth century. Great changes were taking place at the time: the spirit of rebirth after the Great Fire of 1866 destroyed much of Portland; an influx of workers on Maine\u2019s railroads and in our shipyards, textile mills, and lumber yards; the end of the Civil War; and the start of medical breakthroughs.<\/p>\n<p>From all of this arose an urgent need to establish the state\u2019s first general hospital to serve all of Maine\u2019s residents. After five years of planning, fundraising, and construction, Maine General Hospital opened and continues today as Maine Medical Center with the same mission of: caring for our communities; educating tomorrow\u2019s caregivers; and researching new ways to provide care.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at our first 150 years, and get ready for The NEXT 150.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:100% !important;margin-top : 5%;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 0.98%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 0.98%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 0.98%;margin-left : 0.98%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 0.98%;margin-left : 0.98%;}}<\/style><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-2{ padding-top : 0px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 30px;padding-bottom : 2%;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 30px;}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-stretch fusion-flex-justify-content-center\" style=\"max-width:1193.4px;margin-left: calc(-2% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-2% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-center\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\">\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-slider-wrp \">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-slider wpostahs-slider-inner-wrp wpostahs-slider-design-2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\n<div id=\"wpostahs-slider-nav-1\" class=\"wpostahs-slider-nav-1 wpostahs-slider-nav wpostahs-slick-slider\" data-slider-nav-for='wpostahs-slider-for-1'>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-slider-nav-title\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-main-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<button><\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-title\">1860s<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-slider-nav-title\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-main-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<button><\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-title\">1870s<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-slider-nav-title\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-main-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<button><\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-title\">1880s<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-slider-nav-title\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-main-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<button><\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-title\">1890s<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-slider-nav-title\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-main-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<button><\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-title\">1900s<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-slider-nav-title\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-main-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<button><\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-title\">1910s<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-slider-nav-title\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-main-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<button><\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-title\">1920s<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-slider-nav-title\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-main-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<button><\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-title\">1930s<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-slider-nav-title\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-main-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<button><\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-title\">1940s<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-slider-nav-title\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-main-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<button><\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-title\">1950s<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-slider-nav-title\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-main-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<button><\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-title\">1960s<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-slider-nav-title\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-main-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<button><\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-title\">1970s<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-slider-nav-title\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-main-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<button><\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-title\">1980s<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-slider-nav-title\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-main-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<button><\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-title\">1990s<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-slider-nav-title\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-main-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<button><\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-title\">2000s<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-slider-nav-title\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-main-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<button><\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-title\">2010s<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-slider-nav-title\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-main-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<button><\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-title\">2020s<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wpostahs-slider-for-1 wpostahs-slider-for wpostahs-slick-slider\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-slider-nav-content\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"wpostahs-centent-title\">1860s<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-centent\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5134\" src=\"https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1869-act-news.png\" alt=\"historical article about Maine General Hospital\" width=\"240\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1869-act-news-200x208.png 200w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1869-act-news-288x300.png 288w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1869-act-news-400x416.png 400w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1869-act-news-600x624.png 600w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1869-act-news-768x799.png 768w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1869-act-news-800x832.png 800w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1869-act-news.png 894w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>1866<\/strong> The same year as the great fire of Portland, members of the Maine Medical Association \u2013 many of them returning home from civil wartime hospitals \u2013 sparked the discussion of the state\u2019s first general hospital to serve all 700,000 residents of Maine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1868<\/strong> \u201cAn Act of Incorporation for a State General Hospital\u201d unanimously passes state legislature and is signed by Governor Joshua Chamberlain.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-slider-nav-content\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"wpostahs-centent-title\">1870s<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-centent\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5136\" src=\"https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1874-east-pavilion.jpg\" alt=\"East Pavilion in 1874\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1874-east-pavilion-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1874-east-pavilion-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1874-east-pavilion-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1874-east-pavilion-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1874-east-pavilion-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1874-east-pavilion-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1874-east-pavilion-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1874-east-pavilion-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1874-east-pavilion-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1874-east-pavilion.jpg 2162w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>1870<\/strong> Although the Act to Incorporate did not provide funding, officers are elected, the City deeds Bramhall land, and fundraising and design begins for what is now Maine Medical Center.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1871<\/strong> The laying of the cornerstone and construction begins on Maine General Hospital, the state\u2019s first general hospital. Architect Francis Fassett envisioned a hospital that would be built to last and that would grow as fast as need and finances allowed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1874<\/strong> The east pavilion opens to fanfare, and the first patients are admitted. In the first year \u2013 when there were less than 200 hospitals across the country \u2013 more than 2\/3 of patients are from outside of Maine, some as far north and east as Canada.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1876<\/strong> The central building opens with spaces for offices, private patient rooms, and housing for some staff members. This central building and the east pavilion are still standing today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1877<\/strong> The Women\u2019s Board was established (originally named the Ladies Visiting and Advisory Board). Believed to be the oldest auxiliary group in the country, they continue to oversee the hospital\u2019s Boutique, Gift Shop, Pavilion Grill and coffee kiosks whose proceeds benefit memorial funds, capital campaigns, and scholarships.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-slider-nav-content\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"wpostahs-centent-title\">1880s<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-centent\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5138\" src=\"https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1885surgery-1.jpg\" alt=\"surgical suite in 1885\" width=\"281\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1885surgery-1-177x142.jpg 177w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1885surgery-1-200x160.jpg 200w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1885surgery-1-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1885surgery-1-400x320.jpg 400w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1885surgery-1-600x480.jpg 600w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1885surgery-1-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1885surgery-1-800x640.jpg 800w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1885surgery-1-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1885surgery-1-1200x960.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1885surgery-1-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1885surgery-1.jpg 2100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/>1885<\/strong> A new surgical amphitheater opens. Water tanks sterilize all instruments and surgical dressings, and the postoperative infection rate and mortality rate fall to six percent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1885<\/strong> The Maine General Hospital Training School for Nurses (later renamed the Maine General Hospital School of Nursing) began offering a two-year program.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1889<\/strong> Drastic measures were necessary to prevent the spread of diphtheria during that epidemic. A small isolation cottage was constructed behind the hospital where patients stayed until they could be safely discharged.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-slider-nav-content\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"wpostahs-centent-title\">1890s<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-centent\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5140\" src=\"https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1896-nurse-students-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"nursing students from 1896\" width=\"369\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1896-nurse-students-200x122.jpg 200w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1896-nurse-students-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1896-nurse-students-400x244.jpg 400w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1896-nurse-students-600x366.jpg 600w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1896-nurse-students-768x468.jpg 768w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1896-nurse-students-800x488.jpg 800w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1896-nurse-students-1024x624.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1896-nurse-students-1200x732.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1896-nurse-students-1536x937.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1896-nurse-students-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/>1892<\/strong> The hospital\u2019s west pavilion is completed to alleviate overcrowding. This doubles patient capacity, however 30% of beds remain empty due to a nursing shortage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1895 <\/strong>Applicants to the nursing school increases to 191. Courses at the time included applying cups and leeches, making bandages, preparing food, the art of ventilation, how to control hemorrhage, how to treat burns, and other practical medical knowledge.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1898<\/strong> Only three years after the discovery of the X-ray, the fledgling Maine General Hospital acquired one to provide the best care to patients here in Maine.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-slider-nav-content\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"wpostahs-centent-title\">1900s<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-centent\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"attachment_5143\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5143\" class=\"wp-image-5143\" src=\"https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_xray.jpg\" alt=\"original x-ray tube\" width=\"280\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_xray-200x125.jpg 200w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_xray-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_xray-400x250.jpg 400w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_xray-600x375.jpg 600w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_xray-700x441.jpg 700w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_xray-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_xray-800x500.jpg 800w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_xray.jpg 907w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5143\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><span style=\"text-align: left;\">An original X-ray tube used at Maine General Hospital, created by Bowdoin professors Hutchins and Robinson.<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1900<\/strong> The hospital assumed responsibility for providing clinical instruction to Bowdoin\u2019s Medical School of Maine students. This collaboration ensured students had a high level of practical experience and guaranteed that graduating doctors would be well-acquainted with Maine General.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1901<\/strong> Surgeries consistently outnumber medical cases. A snapshot of 993 surgical cases that year included 67 appendectomies, 34 hernia repairs, 25 operations for cancer, and an additional 24 breast cancer procedures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1903<\/strong> A new surgical pavilion opens to accommodate new procedures and modern standards. This added an ambulance entrance, emergency operating room, and a laboratory too.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1905<\/strong> Growth of clinical services was slow but steady. Genitourinary Surgery Department was added, followed by upgrading of orthopedic capabilities with a major purchase of new X-ray equipment by 1909.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-slider-nav-content\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"wpostahs-centent-title\">1910s<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-centent\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"attachment_5293\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5293\" class=\"wp-image-5293\" src=\"https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_ward.jpg\" alt=\"ward from the 1900s\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_ward-200x157.jpg 200w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_ward-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_ward-400x313.jpg 400w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_ward.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5293\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>One of the wards in the 1900s at Maine General Hospital.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1917<\/strong> The hospital set aside one ward and three private rooms for World War I soldiers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1918<\/strong> Staffing shortages at Maine General Hospital became more severe when doctors, nurses, and other employees left to serve our country. The shortage of surgeons forced the hospital to cease performing operations on Sundays except for emergency cases.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1918<\/strong> Flu patients during the influenza pandemic were not admitted to the regular wards, but instead to a makeshift isolation ward. A total of 121 patients were treated including 20 nurses.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-slider-nav-content\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"wpostahs-centent-title\">1920s<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-centent\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1920s<\/strong> Maine General Hospital&#8217;s 19th century patients enjoyed few physical comforts and little privacy. Heavy iron beds were lined up in two facing rows, 20 to a ward. The trend towards specialization continued, affording Maine General the intellectual prestige and modernity associated with new clinical fields.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5145\" style=\"width: 291px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5145\" class=\"wp-image-5145\" src=\"https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1925-mmc-nursery.jpg\" alt=\"MMC nursery in 1925\" width=\"281\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1925-mmc-nursery-177x142.jpg 177w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1925-mmc-nursery-200x160.jpg 200w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1925-mmc-nursery-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1925-mmc-nursery-400x320.jpg 400w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1925-mmc-nursery-600x480.jpg 600w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1925-mmc-nursery-768x615.jpg 768w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1925-mmc-nursery-800x640.jpg 800w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1925-mmc-nursery-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1925-mmc-nursery-1200x960.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1925-mmc-nursery-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/history_1925-mmc-nursery.jpg 2062w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5145\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Babies sleeping soundly in the nursery 1925.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1922<\/strong> Hospital hires its first full-time pathologist.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1923<\/strong> Maine General establishes a Social Services Department during a time of social reform sweeping the country. In addition to social work in the wards, time was spent at the City of Portland India Street Clinic which opened the year prior and was operated by Maine General. This filled a critical need for working families who sought outpatient care.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1925<\/strong> A maternity service with a delivery room, a labor room, and a nursery was established. Gynecological services were added three years later to meet patient volume in light of plans to add a new pavilion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1928<\/strong> Through World War I, staffing shortages, post-war recession, and years of physical stagnation, the mid-1920s spark a decade of much-needed renovations. Virtually nothing is untouched, and design starts for a new seven-story \u201cprivate pavilion.\u201d Designed by architects Coolidge Shepley Bulfinch and Abbott, this major addition\/renovation increases the hospital\u2019s capacity from 190 to 223 beds.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-slider-nav-content\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"wpostahs-centent-title\">1930s<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-centent\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"attachment_5147\" style=\"width: 216px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5147\" class=\"wp-image-5147\" src=\"https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_1931-iron-lung-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"iron lung in 1931\" width=\"206\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_1931-iron-lung-177x142.jpg 177w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_1931-iron-lung-200x160.jpg 200w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_1931-iron-lung-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_1931-iron-lung-400x320.jpg 400w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_1931-iron-lung-600x480.jpg 600w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_1931-iron-lung-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_1931-iron-lung-800x640.jpg 800w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_1931-iron-lung-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_1931-iron-lung-1200x960.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_1931-iron-lung-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_1931-iron-lung-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The \u201ciron lung\u201d otherwise known as the Drinker respirator.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1931<\/strong> Despite the stock market crash, the 4 upper floors of the pavilion were finished to include a new obstetrics unit, seven new operating rooms, private patient rooms, and a 42-bed children\u2019s ward. Recovery rooms (a modern marvel), adjustable beds, safer X-ray rooms, and an \u201ciron lung\u201d for the treatment of polio are the latest patient care improvements.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-slider-nav-content\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"wpostahs-centent-title\">1940s<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-centent\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1940<\/strong> World War II brought about an influx of new medical knowledge resulting in specialties. Maine General physicians \u2013 pioneers in their fields \u2013 introduced some of these new specialties to the teaching hospital\u2019s education program.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941<\/strong> World War II caused personnel shortages which slowed operations, and emergency room patients endured long waits. The Women\u2019s Visiting Board (formerly Ladies Visiting and Advisory Board) was instrumental in establishing volunteer service.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5296\" src=\"https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_40s.jpg\" alt=\"67th General Hospital Arm Medical Reserve Corps group photo\" width=\"335\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_40s-200x127.jpg 200w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_40s-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_40s-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_40s-400x254.jpg 400w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_40s.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/>1942<\/strong> The 67th General Hospital \u2013 an Army Medical Reserve Corps unit made up of 49 doctors and 90 nurses \u2013 was officially authorized by the War Department. They shipped out and in the span of three years treated tens of thousands of soldiers, sailors, and airmen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1947<\/strong> The hospital is approved to offer residency training. Surgery was followed by approved programs in anesthesiology, pediatrics, general practice, and internal medicine. By 1949 neurosurgery and pathology residency programs were approved. Maine is still at a disadvantage to attract well-qualified candidates because there has not been an in-state medical since the 1920s.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-slider-nav-content\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"wpostahs-centent-title\">1950s<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-centent\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5297\" src=\"https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_1956.jpg\" alt=\"MMC exterior in 1956\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_1956-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_1956-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_1956-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_1956.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>1951<\/strong> The charter creating Maine Medical Center was filed with the secretary of state to serve as managerial oversight for the merging of Maine General Hospital, Children\u2019s Hospital, and the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1951<\/strong> First cardiac catheterization lab opened.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1956<\/strong> Construction of a new Maine Medical Center is complete \u2014 thanks to generous donations from businesses, patients, staff and community \u2013 becoming the largest medical facility north of Boston, with a total of 420 hospital beds. Thousands of people gather for the ceremony, and Governor Edmund S. Muskie describes the hospital as \u201can expression of faith in, and by the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1956<\/strong> Maine Medical Center has its first full-time researcher.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1958<\/strong> The hospital\u2019s and the state\u2019s first Special Care Unit (SCU) opens with a nine-bed ward and two isolation rooms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1959<\/strong> Thanks to an early commitment to cardiac research, MMC was one of the first hospitals in the entire nation to perform open heart surgery.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-slider-nav-content\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"wpostahs-centent-title\">1960s<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-centent\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"attachment_5298\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5298\" class=\"wp-image-5298\" src=\"https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_richardswing.jpg\" alt=\"Rendering of the Richard's Wing\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_richardswing-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_richardswing-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_richardswing-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_richardswing.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5298\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>An early rendering of the Richards Wing by architects Smith, Smith, Haines, Lundberg &amp; Waehler.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1960<\/strong> MMC appoints its first Director of Medical Education and boasts a top-tier post-graduate program.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1961<\/strong> Maine Medical Center&#8217;s Department of Anesthesiology is created.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1963<\/strong> The Maine Medical Center School of Practical Nursing opens to help solve a nursing shortage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1969<\/strong> The 11-story Richards Wing opens, housing a new 12-bed cardiac intensive care unit, a 21-bed special care unit for seriously ill patients, and an expanded Emergency Department.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-slider-nav-content\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"wpostahs-centent-title\">1970s<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-centent\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1970<\/strong> Kidney dialysis introduced in Maine, right here at Maine Medical Center.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1971<\/strong> First kidney transplant takes place in Maine at MMC, and the patient lived for nearly three more decades.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1971<\/strong> Nurse-led community health classes begin, such as diabetes care that attracted more than 2,000 people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5301\" src=\"https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_nicu.jpg\" alt=\"A man filming a NICU nurse with a patient in 1974\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_nicu-200x144.jpg 200w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_nicu-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_nicu-400x288.jpg 400w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_nicu.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><strong>1972<\/strong> A nurse-midwife program launches, and more than 90 babies are delivered by the certified nurse-midwifes the first year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1974<\/strong> MMC\u2019s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) opens and quickly becomes a statewide resource.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1974<\/strong> Southern Maine Radiation Therapy Institute (SMRTI) opens as a result of 17 southern Maine hospitals sharing in the cost and use of SMRTI\u2019s state-of-the-art health services.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1976<\/strong> Maine Medical Center gets its first computerized axial tomography (CT) scanner.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-slider-nav-content\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"wpostahs-centent-title\">1980s<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-centent\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1980<\/strong> MMC becomes the principal affiliate of the University of Vermont College of Medicine &#8211; with third-year clerks training in all the major MMC clinical departments.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5320\" style=\"width: 328px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5320\" class=\"wp-image-5320\" src=\"https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_llbean.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_llbean-200x142.jpg 200w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_llbean-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_llbean-400x283.jpg 400w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_llbean.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Construction progress on the L.L. Bean building.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1985<\/strong> Lack of space was the pressing problem motivating a new five-story, 200,000 square feet L.L.Bean Building adjacent to the Richards Wing \u2013 adding a new Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, operating suites, and specialty departments. Simultaneously the two-story Charles A. Dana Health Education Center was built.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1986<\/strong> The School of Practical Nursing added an associate degree in nursing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1987<\/strong> First hospital in the U.S. to implement document imaging.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-slider-nav-content\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"wpostahs-centent-title\">1990s<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-centent\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1991<\/strong> MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR) is established to support the bench research conducted at Maine Medical Center for decades.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1994<\/strong> Brighton Medical Center joins the MMC family.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5303\" src=\"https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_barbarabush.jpg\" alt=\"Barbara Bush reading to a group of young children at the BBCH\" width=\"300\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_barbarabush-200x173.jpg 200w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_barbarabush-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_barbarabush-400x345.jpg 400w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_barbarabush.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><strong>1995<\/strong> MMC announces plans for a new children\u2019s hospital to be named after First Lady Barbara Bush.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1997<\/strong> The MaineHealth system was created to coordinate capability, minimize redundancy, and maximize efficient use of healthcare resources throughout the state. That same year the former K-Mart store in Scarborough transforms into the home for Maine Center for Cancer Medicine, the Maine Children\u2019s Cancer Program, NorDx Laboratories, MMC\u2019s Breast Care Center, Outpatient IV Therapy, and the Hemophilia Clinic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1998<\/strong> Maine Sunday Telegram reports that a \u201cquantum leap forward in the hospital\u2019s ability to provide state-of-the-art healing to children and adult cancer patients\u201d with the opening of both The Barbara Bush Children\u2019s Hospital and the Marshall L. and Susan Gibson Cancer Pavilion.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-slider-nav-content\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"wpostahs-centent-title\">2000s<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-centent\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2001<\/strong> A state-of-the-art laboratory facility for MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR) is completed. Today MHIR spans the spectrum of biomedical research, with basic research programs in cardiovascular biology and stem cell biology, a growing clinical and translational research program, outcomes research and evaluation, and psychiatric research.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2002<\/strong> After Y2K, 9\/11 and other uncertainties, the US enacts the Hospital Preparedness Program. Drills \u2014 that are coordinated with police, fire, ambulance and other public health responders \u2014 prepare staff for everything from natural disasters to bioterrorism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2003<\/strong> The first robotic-assisted surgery in Maine takes place, thanks to community donations to fund the technology, and to the surgeons who championed this innovation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5159\" src=\"https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_magnet-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"magnet status group celebration at the Dana Center\" width=\"375\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_magnet-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_magnet-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_magnet-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_magnet-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_magnet-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_magnet-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_magnet-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_magnet-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_magnet-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_magnet-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/>2006<\/strong> After years of planning, MMC achieves Magnet status for nursing excellence, the highest achievement in nursing standards in the US.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2007<\/strong> MMC\u2019s first helipad opens leading the way for us to achieve Level 1 Trauma Center status \u2014 at the time one of only 100 hospitals nationwide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2007<\/strong> One of the largest freestanding ambulatory surgery centers in the country opens on our Scarborough campus, with ability to accommodate 10,000 outpatient surgeries yearly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2008<\/strong> The East Tower \u2014 made possible by the Building on Excellence fundraising campaign \u2014 opens and is home to The Family Birth Center, nearly doubling the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), and the Emergency Department, which also doubled in size.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2008<\/strong> MMC\u2019s long history as a teaching hospital continues with Tufts University School of Medicine (TUSM) signing an agreement to collaborate in delivering a unique Maine Track medical school program. It was founded to: address the shortage of doctors in Maine; offer Maine\u2019s brightest students the financial means to pursue a career in medicine; and develop an innovative curriculum focused on community-based education.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-slider-nav-content\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"wpostahs-centent-title\">2010s<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-centent\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2010<\/strong> Opening of The Hannaford Center for Safety, Innovation and Simulation \u2013 the only high fidelity training center of its kind in Maine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2010<\/strong> MMC\u2019s Neuroscience Institute is the first in Maine to receive distinction as the Primary Stroke Center from the Joint Commission and earns the Gold Award from the American Heart Association\/American Stroke Association.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2011<\/strong> Let&#8217;s Go! the obesity prevention initiative for children and adults focusing on healthy eating and active living is established in 2006. After a successful five-year pilot program, Let\u2019s Go! began expanding statewide and transitioned to a program of The Barbara Bush Children\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5306\" style=\"width: 311px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5306\" class=\"wp-image-5306\" src=\"https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_mainetrack.jpg\" alt=\"Maine Track class of 2013\" width=\"301\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_mainetrack-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_mainetrack-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_mainetrack-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_mainetrack.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5306\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Maine Track class of 2013<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2013<\/strong> The first class of Maine Track medical students graduates. There are now more than 300 Maine Track graduates.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2015<\/strong> MMC opens a new surgical unit in the Bean Building. The $40 million expansion includes state-of-the-art operating rooms and patient-centered spaces for surgery prep and recovery.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2017<\/strong> MMC received its third consecutive Magnet designation, putting MMC in the top 2% of hospitals when it comes to attracting and retaining high-quality nurses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2018<\/strong> Maine Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine renew 10-year Maine Track partnership.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-slider-nav-content\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"wpostahs-centent-title\">2020s<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpostahs-centent\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2020<\/strong> U.S. News &amp; World Report names MMC \u2018Best Regional Hospital\u2019 for the eighth straight year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5309\" src=\"https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_modernization.jpg\" alt=\"Rendering of the modernization project at MMC\" width=\"300\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_modernization-200x179.jpg 200w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_modernization-300x269.jpg 300w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_modernization-400x359.jpg 400w, https:\/\/next150.mmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/history_modernization.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>2020<\/strong> The Coulombe Family Tower and the Sisters Heliport open.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2020<\/strong> MMC prepares for COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2020<\/strong> MMC earns The Joint Commission\u2019s Gold Seal of Approval\u00ae for Comprehensive Stroke Certification for the second consecutive time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2021<\/strong> MaineHealth opens clinics in January and February to begin administering COVID-19 vaccinations to Maine residents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2021<\/strong> Maine Medical Center announces the largest capital campaign target in its history: The NEXT 150 | The Campaign for Maine Medical Center will forge a healthier future for the next 150 years.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2022<\/strong> &#8220;Maine Medical Center Research Institute&#8221; 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