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Maine’s Maternity Crisis Deepens | Global News
- Published
- August 8, 2026
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- 1:53
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- Last updated
- Aug 9, 2026
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Maine’s healthcare crisis just got more urgent: Lincoln Hospital in Damariscotta is shutting down its labor and delivery unit on December 18, rerouting all births to Brunswick’s MaineHealth Mid Coast Hospital. This marks the 12th maternity unit closure since 2015, leaving Lincoln, Waldo, and Sagadahoc counties without any local birthing facilities — less …
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Maine’s healthcare crisis just got more urgent: Lincoln Hospital in Damariscotta is shutting down its labor and delivery unit on December 18, rerouting all births to Brunswick’s MaineHealth Mid Coast Hospital. This marks the 12th maternity unit closure since 2015, leaving Lincoln, Waldo, and Sagadahoc counties without any local birthing facilities — less than half of Maine’s hospitals still offer this critical service. MaineHealth blames low birth rates and staffing shortages, citing the unsusta
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