CONWAY — Memorial Hospital has been looking at the possibility of opening up a vaccination clinic in the nearby Fryeburg, Maine, area in order to reach patients of the hospital who live in the Pine Tree State.
Located in North Conway, Memorial is the only New Hampshire hospital in the MaineHealth system, which includes Maine Medical Center in Portland and a dozen other health-care facilities in Maine.
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