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Description

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Mayo Regional Hospital is a nonprofit 25bed critical access hospital located in DoverFoxcroft the county seat of Piscataquis County

Our Mission

quotOur Mission is to provide you with uptodate high quality compassionate and affordable healthcare

To assist you in achieving the highest level of health by offering a broad range of education prevention and wellness services in partnership with other healthcare organizationsquot

Values
quotAt Mayo we value all individuals and strive always to provide an environment that supports courtesy honesty accountability respect and trust for allquot

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History

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Mayo Regional Hospital gets its name from and owes its existence to Col Edward J Mayo

Born in 1864 in Foxcroft now DoverFoxcroft Col Mayo was a wealthy businessman and philanthropist whose family owned and operated the Mayo amp Son Woolen Mill now the site of Moosehead Manufacturing for three generations

Col Mayo owned the mill founded by his grandfather and was active in his community as a bank trustee railroad officer Foxcroft Academy trustee and Piscataquis Valley Fair Association president He served in the state House of Representatives in 190001

The Colonel was a benefactor of the Congregational Church Foxcroft Academy the fair association and the Good Will Farm in Hinckley but he is best remembered for the gift that bears his name to this day

When Col Mayo died in 1935 he willed his splendid home on West Main to the town of DoverFoxcroft for use as a hospital He bequeathed 10000 for free beds and free surgical and medical treatment for needy patients in town and also designated onefourth of his estate for the support and maintenance of the hospital

Original Mayo Hospital buildingThe town accepted the gift particularly generous in the midst of the Great Depression and established Mayo Memorial Hospital on the site of the Mayo family homestead converting the home now known as the old Mayo building to a hospital in 1936 That year Mrs Gertrude Mayo Col Mayos widow left another 10000 to the hospital in her will

In 1949 a maternity wing later used as the hospitals business office was added to Mayo Memorial Hospital after a 30000 fundraising campaign led by the Miosac Club of DoverFoxcroft and the Junior Womens Club of Guilford The Miosac women also spearheaded the drive for money to add an elevator installed in 1956

Discussions on consolidating small hospitals in DoverFoxcroft Dexter and Milo into a regional hospital gained momentum in 1972 Two years later voters in 13 area towns decided 2677 to 1632 to form Hospital Administrative District 4 A site committee chose next door to Mayo Memorial Hospital to build the new hospital Robert McReavy former school superintendent in the Guilford area was hired as the first administrator in 1974 and served until 1992

Artist Concept of Mayo HospitalGround was broken for construction of a 46bed acute care hospital in 1976 The 51 million Mayo Regional Hospital opened to patients on April 9 1978 with a staff of 110

In 1982 the state authorized HAD 4 to purchase Plummer Hospital in Dexter That town joined Abbot Atkinson Bradford Cambridge DoverFoxcroft Guilford Monson Parkman Sangerville Sebec and Willimantic as HAD 4 members

A 13 million medical office building was constructed in 1989 on the east side of the old Mayo building

In 2000 the hospital constructed a new ambulance garage for its Emergency Medical Service on Dwelley Avenue and received state Certificate of Need approval to begin a major expansionrenovation project on the main hospital building That 8 million project broke ground in May 2001 and by 2003 had resulted in construction of a new Emergency Department an expanded ambulatory services wing and a Mayo Resource Center addition that includes space for physical therapy occupational health business offices medical records and conference space The expansion project also completed renovations of firstfloor outpatient service areas and the secondfloor Obstetrics Department

Since 1995 Mayo Regional Hospital has operated a physician practice management department now known as Mayo Practice Associates which manages a total of eight doctors offices in Corinna Dexter DoverFoxcroft Guilford and Milo

Mayo is now the largest healthcare provider in the Penquis region and is the thirdlargest employer in Piscataquis County