New Mexico Hospitals and Crisis Mode

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December 11, 2020 – Gene Grant and The Line opinion panelists look at the looming shift into crisis mode for New Mexico hospitals due to multiplying cases of COVID. They debate the need for “rationed care” in overwhelmed hospitals. The Line also looks at the rollout of Small Business CARES Relief Grants. 

Host: Gene Grant 

The Line Opinion Panel:     
Dan Foley, former state representative  
Eric Griego, former state senator   
H. Diane Snyder, former state senator  

For More Information: 
NM Allows Crisis Standards of Care, Pauses Elective Surgeries – New Mexico Political Report 
Hospital Leaders Warn Rationing of Care Nears if Hospitalizations Rise – New Mexico Political Report 
Patients to Be Rated for Treatment if Hospitals Move to ‘Crisis’ Care – KOB 4 
New Mexico Crisis Standards of Care – New Mexico Department of Health 
As ‘Crisis Care’ Decision Looms, Hospitals at Capacity, Officials Say – Santa Fe New Mexican 
Applications Now Open for New Mexico Small Business CARES Relief Grants – KRQE News 13