Mill Pond Health Center
Swan's Island

With help from the Maine Sea Coast Mission, the town of Swan's Island was able to furnish and equip a 20-year-old building that was renovated in 2007 for use as a health center. The Maine Sea Coast Mission provided funding with matching contributions for state-of-the-art equipment.

The building, the former Old Salt Restaurant, was completely gutted during the renovation, and now houses a functional, well-equipped, health center. The Mill Pond Health Center has two exam rooms, a physician's office, lab room, reception area and large waiting area, which doubles as educational space. Primary care and specialty providers from the mainland offer services at the health center several days a month. Phlebotomy (blood draws) services are available once a week. Educational and preventive care programs are offered to island residents in the large waiting room area of the facility. The island's AA group holds its twice-weekly meetings at the health center.

The community has embraced the new health center, which makes life on the island easier by providing much needed health care right on the island. The Maine Sea Coast Mission is facilitating high definition telemedicine equipment for Swan's Island. Telemedicine services, which have been available aboard the Sunbeam, will now be available in the island health center. This cutting edge technology will allow island residents to see providers ranging from primary care to behavioral counseling via the telemed equipment.

The Mill Pond Health Center is a comfortable and attractive facility, which has enabled better access to health care and health care related services for all of Swan's Island residents, both year-round and seasonal.