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Maine Health to end labor and delivery services at Lincoln Hospital under new regional model
Portland Press Herald and WMTW8 (Hearst, Portland ME) describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedMaine Health to end labor and delivery services at Lincoln Hospital under new regional model.
The headline splitWMTW8 (Hearst, Portland ME) frames it as "Maine Health to end labor and delivery services at Lincoln Hospital under new regional mo...". Portland Press Herald frames it as "Maine Health board votes to close birthing center at Lincoln Hospital in Damariscotta".
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CenterMaine Health to end labor and delivery services at Lincoln Hospital under new regional model
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Maine Health to end labor and delivery services at Lincoln Hospital under new regional model
Maine Health announced Thursday that Lincoln Hospital will stop offering inpatient labor and delivery services in just over four months, but noted that other areas of women's health service...
