Why support MaineHealth Maine Medical Center?

• "Best Regional Hospital” for seven years in a row (U.S. News and World Report);

• Largest medical center, with 929 beds;

• The only Level 1 Trauma Center and Level 1 Pediatric Intensive Care Unit;

• The only full-service children’s hospital in Maine

• Earned the Magnet Recognition for Excellence in Nursing, an honor only 2% of hospitals nation-wide have achieved;

• First Comprehensive Stroke Center in Maine

• Largest academic medical center and the state’s only allopathic medical school through our partnership with Tufts University School of Medicine;

• Leader in biomedical research through the MaineHealth Institute for Research.

• When you make a gift to MHMMC, you’re joining a community dedicated to caring for the sick, funding programs that provide hope, and maintaining the facilities that bring it all together.

• Annually, over 500 neonatal and pediatric critical care patients are transported to MHMMC from our most rural regions.

• Each year, 80 Maine students are receiving scholarships through the Maine Track—a program that roughly 50% of graduates of the program have returned to the state to practice medicine.

• MHMMC researchers have made many discoveries including a hormone that has significant implications for diseases like diabetes. Other researchers are testing the viability of breakthroughs including a blood test for early detection of breast cancer, and an antibody that recognizes and inhibits tumor growth and metastasis.

• More than 100 nurses are awarded scholarships for continuing education annually, bringing best practice to every bedside.

• Community health is improved through unique initiatives such as the Let’s Go! Childhood Obesity Prevention Program that has brought the 5-2-1-0 message statewide.

• Throughout its 150 year history, MHMMC has evolved and met the changing needs of our community due to the foresight of astute volunteer board members and strong management.

• Today, MHMMC is the flagship medical center of MaineHealth, anchoring the financial strength of the system.

• MHMMC’s exceptional commitment to quality and safety is nationally recognized, including acclaim by U.S. News and World Report, The Joint Commission, and Magnet.

• We are committed to stewarding our financial resources wisely. Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s Investors Service cited the financial strength of MHMMC as the state’s leading tertiary care provider as a reason for their bullishness in their A+ and A1 ratings, respectively.

When you give to MHMMC you help to provide an essential community benefit: health care for all who need it, regardless of their ability to pay.