The Maine Center for Palliative Medicine, in collaboration with Central Maine Healthcare, is now offering clinics in the towns of Bridgton and Rumford. Katrina Sink, MD, is a physician who is fellowship trained and board certified in hospice and palliative medicine and has more than nine years of experience in the field. She is providing initial consultations and follow up for patients with severe disease. Clinics are located in Rumford at the Swift River Office location on the Rumford Hospital campus and in Bridgton at the Medical Office Building on the Bridgton Hospital campus. Clinics are offered on Tuesdays.
Palliative Medicine is a specialty that seeks to provide the optimal quality of life for patients with serious or advanced illnesses by focusing on the whole person by addressing the goals of care, providing excellent symptom management and working alongside primary care providers and specialists.