SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico hospital officials are updating the public on the overburdened healthcare system as cases and hospitalizations remain high.
They're begging the public to cancel social visits, wear a mask and wash hands to drive down the COVID-19 cases. They're working to manage congested hospitals and exhausted medical staff.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has set the table for legal protections for a scenario in which hospitals have to triage, or ration, medical care due to being swamped by COVID-19 patients. Hospital officials in Albuquerque are begging the public to prevent viral spread, saying they don't want to ration medical care.