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The United Health Professionals of New Mexico rallied outside University of New Mexico Hospital’s Sandoval Regional Medical Center on Monday calling for a 3% raise that every other employee received.

Residents at the University of New Mexico Hospital ratified a new contract last week, winning a 5% raise after months of negotiations.

Bernalillo County announced the death of two inmates this week at the Metropolitan Detention Center. There have been over 20 inmate deaths at the center since 2020, but these are the first since University of New Mexico Hospital took over as its health care provider earlier this summer.

Acting New Mexico Health Secretary Dr. David Scrase said at a briefing Thursday that the peak of the pediatric RSV surge may now be behind us, but the kids who do have it remain sicker than usual.

Pediatric units across New Mexico are operating at or above capacity due to a simultaneous surge in COVID, flu and RSV, along with other viruses, among children. At a briefing Monday, representatives from the state’s largest hospital systems urged parents and guardians to practice prevention and at-home care when possible.

New Mexico was already facing a healthcare staffing shortage before the COVID-19 pandemic and now it has only gotten worse. One way the state is trying to fill gaps is by using more traveling nurses. But that’s an expensive solution.

Hospital officials warned Monday that the omicron variant of COVID-19 has devastated emergency room capacity in the state’s hospitals.

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