Northern Maine Medical Center (Fort Kent). This 49-bed facility on the border of Canada offers complete obstetric, surgical, pediatric and general medical services. Northern Maine Medical Center also includes the only child, adolescent and adult inpatient psychiatric units in Northern Maine. Its history dates to 1952, when it opened as Peoples Benevolent Hospital and was managed by nuns until it became a public community hospital in 1975. In 2016, iVantage named Northern Maine Medical Center a Top 100 Rural & Community Hospital, and Healthgrades gave the hospital a Patient Safety Excellence Award.