For The Media
Are you a member of the media? Contact Public Relations Director Amanda Falcone at 860-358-6980 or amanda.falcone@midhosp.org.
Middlesex Opens Center for Digestive Health
Middlesex Health’s new Center for Digestive Health brings together physicians, nurses and supportive providers, such as physical therapists, mental health professionals and integrative medicine practitioners, allowing your care to be coordinated between all of your providers, even though they may all not be in the same office.
Pandemic Changes goPINK Project Annual Fundraiser
Due to the pandemic, the goPINK Project will primarily raise money through a fundraising effort called All Quacked Up, a duck race.
Middlesex Opens New Portland Physical Rehabilitation Office
Middlesex Health is pleased to announce the opening of its new Physical Rehabilitation Department office at 13 High Street, Suite 2, in Portland.
Middlesex Begins to Ease Visitor Restrictions
Beginning today, Middlesex Health will lift some of its visitor restrictions.
Middlesex Makes Changes to Annual Appetite for Life Fundraiser
Appetite for Life is back, but the annual fundraiser for the Middlesex Health Cancer Center looks very different this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Middlesex Health Resumes Elective Surgeries
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Middlesex, like many other health systems, had halted all purely elective surgeries in late March, but continued to perform urgent or emergency surgeries as needed. The decision to resume elective surgeries was made because Middlesex believes it is now safe to do so.
Middlesex Joins Mayo Clinic Convalescent Plasma Program
Middlesex Health has joined a national initiative, led by Mayo Clinic, that is investigating the use of convalescent plasma during the COVID-19 pandemic. The initiative is using convalescent plasma from patients who have fully recovered from COVID-19 with the hope that antibodies in the plasma can help hospitalized patients who have COVID-19.
NBA’s Andre Drummond Makes Generous Donation to Middlesex Health
Andre Drummond, a former UConn basketball standout and current center for the Cleveland Cavaliers, has generously donated $100,000 to Middlesex Health’s Emergency Response Fund. The fund was recently established to help the health system, based in Middletown, Conn., with expenses related to its response to COVID-19.
Middlesex Health Closes to Visitors
Effective immediately, all Middlesex Health service locations are closed to visitors except for those making compassionate visits. Compassionate visits include visits to see patients receiving end-of-life care and visits to see patients being cared for in the Middlesex Health Pregnancy & Birth Center.
Middlesex Health Restricts Visitors to One Designated Support Person
Effective immediately, Middlesex Health is restricting visitors to only one support person at all service locations. That person must be designated at the time of registration.