BAR HARBOR—It was standing room only in person at Jesup Memorial Library as MDI Hospital CEO Christina Maguire and Board Chair Martha Wagner addressed the hospital’s decision to close its maternity ward, July 1.
The Bar Harbor council should make clear that if the hospital persists in this folly, there will likely be repercussions the next time the hospital is looking for a favorable decision from the council, as they just got in the discontinuance of Stanwood Place, or, as the Chamber learned with their support of the APPLL lawsuit, from the residents if there is a item affecting the hospital on the town meeting warrant.
The Bar Harbor council should make clear that if the hospital persists in this folly, there will likely be repercussions the next time the hospital is looking for a favorable decision from the council, as they just got in the discontinuance of Stanwood Place, or, as the Chamber learned with their support of the APPLL lawsuit, from the residents if there is a item affecting the hospital on the town meeting warrant.