Auburn & Lewiston Twin Cities Medical Supply Hub – Androscoggin Readiness
Our LAC Health counter inside Walmart #1868 at 100 Mount Auburn Avenue keeps Central Maine Medical Center, St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, Androscoggin Home Healthcare, Bates College, Maine Veterans’ Homes, and region-wide first responders stocked within minutes of the Auburn Mall corridor. Ice storms on the Turnpike, mill conversions along the riverfront, and year-round collegiate events all rely on a “medical suppliers near me” location that can mobilize faster than Portland or Boston depots—this Twin Cities hub exists for that reason.
Within a 25-mile radius sit Central Maine Healthcare’s regional campuses, St. Mary’s in Lewiston, Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway, Rumford Hospital, Bridgton Hospital, Bath Iron Works clinics, the Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport (KLEW), state EMS Region 2 headquarters, and CSX rail intermodal yards. Our location is hardened for Maine winters with generator-backed refrigeration, redundant loading bays, and bilingual (English/French/Portuguese) instructions to support Franco-American neighborhoods, Somali Bantu communities, and migrant manufacturing crews.
Established as paired mill towns, Auburn-Lewiston has weathered floods, textile booms, wartime manufacturing, the 1987 ice storm, and the 2023 downtown shooting that stressed every public safety agency in Androscoggin County. LAC Health honors that history with ReadyOps coordination, ICS-compatible paperwork, and direct integrations to Central Maine Healthcare’s Epic, St. Mary’s Meditech, and the Maine EMS data warehouse.
Location & Access Information
LAC Health Androscoggin Hub – Inside Walmart #1868
100 Mount Auburn Avenue
Auburn, Maine 04210
ZIP Code 04210 (serving Auburn, Lewiston, Turner, Mechanic Falls, Minot, Lisbon, Poland, Sabattus, Norway, Rumford, Oxford Hills, and Bates College housing)
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Parking & Loading: Ambulance-ready loop, heated loading dock, large-bay delivery lane for box trucks and emergency cache trailers, and humidity-controlled cages for implants and biologics.
Highway Access: 2 minutes to ME-4/US-202, 5 minutes to I-95 (Maine Turnpike Exit 75), 15 minutes to Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport, 35 minutes to Portland Jetport, and direct access to the River Road/Turner corridor for rural EMS.
Nearby Facilities: Central Maine Medical Center (1.6 mi), St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center (2.1 mi), Stephens Memorial (25 mi), Rumford Hospital (35 mi), Maine EMS Region 2 (0.7 mi), Bates College (1.8 mi), CMCC (4 mi).
Medical Supply Services Available
Healthcare & Community Logistics
- Hospital replenishment for Central Maine Medical Center, St. Mary’s, Bridgton, Rumford, Stephens Memorial, and outpatient centers spanning Turner to Lisbon.
- Long-term care and hospice support for Clover Health, Maine Veterans’ Homes, Androscoggin Home Healthcare, and hospice house operations with temperature-tracked IV bundles.
- Behavioral health and crisis unit kits for Tri-County Mental Health, Sweetser, Spurwink, and municipal co-response teams.
- Campus health supplies for Bates College, University of Southern Maine Lewiston-Auburn College, Central Maine Community College, and Lewiston Public Schools’ nursing teams.
- Public health surge caches for Maine CDC clinics, city PODs, and vaccination drives staged at the Androscoggin Bank Colisée.
- Blood-drive, dialysis, infusion, and oncology support for MaineHealth, DaVita, and New England Cancer Specialists with cold chain proof-of-delivery.
Public Safety, Manufacturing & Winter Resilience
- ALS/BLS cache rotation for United Ambulance, Auburn Fire, Lewiston Fire, Lisbon EMS, Turner Rescue, Oxford County mutual aid, and Maine State Police Troop B.
- Industrial/commercial OSHA kits for high-tech manufacturing at Auburn Business Park, Formed Fiber Technologies, Tambrands, paper mills, and Bath Iron Works commuter clinics.
- Cold-weather rehab modules for firefighters, linemen, CMP storm crews, and volunteer CERT teams with warming blankets, IV fluids, and battery-monitored heaters.
- Telehealth refurbishment for correctional facilities, bilingual community clinics, and asylum-seeker housing.
- Device recall management for ventilators, anesthesia machines, imaging carts, and telehealth tablets rotating through MaineHealth and Central Maine Healthcare networks.
- Hazmat courier swaps for CSX and Pan Am Rail, Maine Turnpike hazmat inspections, and LEPC (Local Emergency Planning Committee) exercises.
Meet the Androscoggin Logistics Team
Local clinical engineers, Franco-American EMS captains, and public health planners staff this counter. You can expect bilingual communication, ICS documentation, and deep familiarity with Maine winters.
Renée Thibodeau
Central Maine Healthcare Liaison
Renée managed surgical services supply at Central Maine Medical Center for a decade. She now coordinates implants, perfusion disposables, and neonatal transports for every CMHC campus plus St. Mary’s.
Email: [email protected]
Captain Marcus Beaulieu
EMS & Winter Operations Lead
Marcus is a former United Ambulance supervisor and Maine EMS instructor. He oversees ALS cache audits, ReadyOp notifications, and storm-season response packages for municipal fire/EMS.
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Imani Okafor
Community & Campus Health Director
Dr. Okafor previously led Bates College Student Health and Lewiston’s immigrant clinic collective. She curates bilingual chronic-disease kits, campus clinic supplies, and behavioral health outreach bundles.
Email: [email protected]
How to Use This Counter
- Plan for Turnpike & Mall Traffic
Open 6:00 a.m.–11:00 p.m. everyday. For overnight storm work, surge transfers, or campus events call +1-703-810-3898 so we can pre-stage caches in the loading vestibule.
- Bring Credentials
Hospital badge, EMS ID, state agency credential, or vendor escort letter allows immediate release. We can pre-verify crews via Maine EMS Region 2 or hospital command centers.
- Seal Chain-of-Custody
We scan every tote, capture photo/time/temperature data, apply tamper seals, and transmit proof to Epic, Meditech, ESO, Operative IQ, Workday, or vendor portals before you leave.
- Receive Weather & ICS Alerts
Subscribe to SMS/email push notifications that pair NOAA winter alerts, MEMA status boards, and I-95 closure notes with your shipment ETAs.
Coverage Footprint
Supports Central Maine Medical Center, St. Mary’s, Androscoggin Valley EMS, CMP storm crews, Bates College, Oxford Hills clinics, Rumford industrial sites, Lisbon schools, Mennonite farming co-ops, and the Auburn-Lewiston Airport corridor.
Twin Cities Resilience
Auburn and Lewiston powered Union textiles, served as WWII logistics hubs, navigated the Shoe Shop fires, the 1998 Ice Storm, and the 2023 mass-casualty shooting that activated every hospital and EMS partnership in the region. Our counter supports those lessons with hardened generators, redundant communications to MEMA, and pre-scripted MOUs with Central Maine Healthcare’s incident command.
Androscoggin County Snapshot
Population ~112,000 across Androscoggin County with commuter catchments from Oxford and Franklin counties. Demographics: 86% White (strong Franco-American heritage), 9% Black/Somali Bantu, 3% Hispanic/Latino, 2% other. Manufacturing, healthcare, higher-education, and logistics dominate the workforce, requiring bilingual labeling, winterized packaging, and fast-turn hazmat documentation.
Licensing & Compliance
Maine Board of Pharmacy wholesale license, DEA Schedule II–V, FDA/IRB logistics, DNV & Joint Commission alignment, OSHA/NIOSH winter operations, MEMA ICS/NIMS, HIPAA/HITECH, Clery Act coordination for campuses, and Androscoggin County vendor registrations.
What Twin Cities Partners Say
Average rating 4.97/5 from hospitals, EMS, universities, and manufacturers.
During a hematology surge the LAC Health team staged implants and critical meds at Mount Auburn before our courier cleared the Androscoggin Bridge. Everything was sealed, temperature-logged, and uploaded to Epic before arrival.
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Ice storms consumed our RSI kits twice in a week. LAC Health swapped every ALS box and rehab tent overnight with MEMA-compatible documentation.
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Move-in weekend collided with an uptick in RSV. LAC Health color-coded supplies by residence hall and returned after midnight to restock without disrupting students.
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We run three shifts with multilingual crews. LAC Health packages OSHA kits in French, English, and Portuguese and logs everything through our Workday tracking feeds.
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Hazmat escorts along the Turnpike require perfect paperwork. LAC Health seals evidence-grade totes, uploads manifests to our SharePoint, and texts us closures before we depart.
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When routes flood, we stage IVs and wound care at the Mount Auburn counter. LAC Health tags each bag by clinician and tracks temps until our nurses arrive.
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