CONWAY — Memorial Hospital has announced it won't pursue its plans for unification with MaineHealth's network of hospitals this year.
The announcement followed a May 16 meeting of Memorial's board of trustees, who decided there wasn't time to complete negotiations and set a budget by the previously set Jan. 1, 2019, deadline.
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