Let's Talk New Mexico 4/23, 8a: More health care workers in New Mexico are testing positive for COVID-19 as the state approaches an expected peak in cases later this spring. Hospitals are laying off workers as the ban on elective surgeries and other procedures slams their bottom lines. On this week’s call-in show, we’ll hear about how prepared the state’s health care system is for a surge of coronavirus patients. Are workers getting the protective equipment they need? How would hospitals handle potential shortages of intensive care beds and ventilators? To join in the conversation, email letstalks@kunm.org or call in live during the show on Thursday morning.
Guests
- Jeff Bourgeois, CEO, San Juan Regional Medical Center
- Eleanor Chavez, Executive Director, National Association of Hospital and Healthcare Employes, District 1199NM
- Jeff Dye, President & CEO, New Mexico Hospital Association
- Kaye Green, CEO, Roosevelt General Hospital
- Dr. Denise Gonzales, Medical Director and ICU physician, Presbyterian Healthcare Services
- Hunter Marshall, RN, University of New Mexico Hospital
Resources
Hospital employees testing positive for COVID-19 amid PPE rationing - New Mexico In Depth
Health care workers protest outside UNM Hospital, demand better working conditions and PPE - KOB-TV
Editorial: NM’s hospitals need a long-term Rx for financial solvency - Albuquerque Journal
- NM Rural Hospitals On Life Support- ABQ Journal
- VA Head Acknowledges Challenges For Health Care Workers Battling Coronavirus - NPR
- Christus St. Vincent hospital announces layoffs - Santa Fe New Mexican
- San Juan Regional Medical Center Announces Furloughs - The Journal
- San Juan Regional Medical Center issues plea for donations of surgical caps - Farmington Daily Times
Hospital threatens to discipline nurses who spoke out about protective gear - Albuquerque Journal
- New Mexico hospitals junked essential protective gear just as Covid-19 began - The Guardian
- Statement by University of New Mexico Hospital officials on PPE and staff leave
- Curve flattened, NM preparing to reopen - Albuquerque Journal
- Health care workers protest outside UNM Hospital, demand better working conditions and PPE - KOB-TV
- Editorial: NM’s hospitals need a long-term Rx for financial solvency - Albuquerque Journal
- NM Rural Hospitals On Life Support- ABQ Journal
- VA Head Acknowledges Challenges For Health Care Workers Battling Coronavirus - NPR
- Christus St. Vincent hospital announces layoffs - Santa Fe New Mexican
- San Juan Regional Medical Center Announces Furloughs - The Journal
- San Juan Regional Medical Center issues plea for donations of surgical caps - Farmington Daily Times
- Hospital threatens to discipline nurses who spoke out about protective gear - Albuquerque Journal
- New Mexico hospitals junked essential protective gear just as Covid-19 began - The Guardian
- Curve flattened, NM preparing to reopen - Albuquerque Journal
- Modeling COVID In New Mexico - OpEd By Dr. David Scrase, Santa Fe Reporter