Eastern Maine Medical Center

The Family Practice Building opens in 1976.

Specialized pediatric care is expanded with the appointments of Angela C. Gilladoga, M.D. (cardiology) and Demetrius G. Traggis, M.D. (oncology).

A planning department is established.

Rural pediatric health service offers mobile pediatric clinics in outlying communities with two specially equipped vans.

A pre-vocational testing lab begins service.

Inter-hospital planning with St. Joseph Hospital helps avoid duplicated services; one result is the shifting of all obstetrical patients to EMMC.

Major purchases include a $10,000-neuromicroscope for intricate brain and nerve surgery and a $102,000 Gamma camera.