The Medical Center does not escape the impact of the recession in 1975. Receivables are $4,728,000 compared with $2,704,000 last year. Unreimbursed care accounts for 15 percent of total service "and continues to represent a major subsidy to the welfare of the people of eastern Maine."
A residency program begins under the direction of A. Dewey Richards, M.D., chief of the Family Practice Service. Four first-year residents and one second-year resident arrive in July.
The EMMC Alcohol Institute evolved from an earlier pilot detoxification unit, opens under the medical direction of Stanley J. Evans, M.D.
A Child Development Center opens offering multi- disciplinary evaluation and care.
A rheumatology section is added with the appointment of Sidney R. Block, M.D.
Neuroradiology is added with the appointment of John M. Long, M.D., to the radiology service.
Ross Home patients are moved from Ohio Street to Kelley 5; the Ross Home becomes a retirement residence.
EMMC wins national recognition from the American Hospital Association and Modern Healthcare magazine as a model for the regional concept of hospital shared services.
