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Hospital, Heal Thyself

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New Mexico’s 60 hospitals weren’t rated so well in a recent report from USNews.com – they didn’t meet a standard of care on par with the top 25 nationally ranked hospitals.

Commentator Andrea Mays says hospitalization, like many experiences in life, is better in the abstract.

Read the full-length commentary here.

Andrea Mays is an American Studies scholar. She lives in Santa Fe. Her bi-weekly column Here's The Thing is published by The Santa Fe Reporter.