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Campus Improvement Update: What to Expect at MDI Hospital in June

Campus Improvement Update: What to Expect at MDI Hospital in June

As part of our ongoing campus improvement project, construction activity continues through June. Here’s what patients, visitors, and staff can expect this month:

Campus Access

  • Hancock: Open
    • Note: Additional parking is being added in the area where the old IT building was located.
  • Wayman: Open
  • Stanwood: Prepare for closure
  • Traffic Patterns: Existing traffic patterns will be maintained throughout June.

On-Campus Activity

  • Demolition Sites: Crews will be filling and flattening the foundations of recently demolished buildings.
  • Drainage Work: Excavation and drainage work will begin near the West side of campus, starting at the end of June and continuing into early July.

Communication

  • To help communicate any last-minute changes or detours, we will place one digital traffic sign on campus with up-to-date information.
  • Monthly updates will be posted to our landing page www.mdihospital.org/campusimprovement on the first Monday of every month
  • Emails will also be sent to neighbors and those who wish to sign up and receive them on the first Monday of every month, if you would like to be included in these emails, please email media@mdihospital.org with your name and address.

More to come in July:

  • The closure of Stanwood as a point of entry.
  • The beginning of work on our new main entrance facing Main Street
  • Enabling work for the temporary Emergency Department entrance.
  • Excavation and drainage work on the west side of campus between the Hancock Street parking area and Main Street.

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After residency completion this year, Caitlin is pursuing a fellowship in Wilderness Medicine, a field that perfectly blends her love for the outdoors with her dedication to emergency care. “Working at MDI Hospital has been an example of the merger between helping people in challenging environments and working closely in nature that I hope to experience during fellowship,” she said.

Reflecting on her time at MDI Hospital, Caitlin expressed deep gratitude for the people and experiences that have shaped her journey. “I plan to use the skills I have learned across my rotations at MDI Hospital going forward into my medical career so that I can provide great patient-centered care,” she said. “I will also remember the wonderful people I have met and cared for here who have helped shape my medical training to date.”

Whether running along the rugged coastline or responding to patients in the ED, Caitlin has found that MDI offers the perfect mix of challenge, inspiration, and community. It’s no surprise that for her, coming back to Mount Desert Island felt less like returning to a rotation, and more like coming home.

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