UMaine and EMMC Join Forces for Student Healthcare
Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571
FACILITY RIBBON-CUTTING FRIDAY AFTERNOON
ORONO — A ribbon-cutting event at the University of Maine’s renovated Cutler Health Center is scheduled for Friday afternoon, Jan. 30. Officials will celebrate a new public-private partnership between UMaine and Eastern Maine Medical Center, which is now providing medical services to UMaine students through its Norumbega Medical Associates subsidiary.
UMaine President Robert Kennedy and EMMC President and CEO Deborah Carey Johnson will both make remarks at the event, scheduled for 3:30 p.m. at the UMaine healthcare facility.
The university selected EMMC as its new medical service provider for students in late 2008, following an extensive process aimed at increasing access to on-campus healthcare while expanding available services. EMMC has modified the on-campus Cutler Health Center building and its staff began serving students this month.