City approves adjustments for DETOX, SHELTER programs

Visitors to the downtown area and shoppers at the Safeway and Albertsons plazas lately may have noticed flyers urging folks to call Metro Dispatch or 911 if they see someone in danger of freezing to death.

The flyers are part of an annual freezing prevention program enacted by Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services.

RMCHCS, along with the Zuni and Navajo Tribal authorities, Gallup Indian Medical Center and numerous county services, have joined forces to create awareness about Navajo Nation and Gallup residents who are in danger of freezing to death.

“The goal of the project is to get the awareness out,” RMCHCS...

Proper hygiene prevents Salmonella infection

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Health is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the United States Department of Agriculture on a multi-state cluster of Salmonella infections linked to ground beef.

Since late August, NMDOH has identified 30 New Mexico residents that were diagnosed with Salmonella after preparing ground beef at home. Illness duration has averaged 13 days and 27 percent of patients were hospitalized.

“Salmonella infection can be a very serious and sometimes deadly illness,” Department of Health Secretary Lynn Gallagher said. “Cross-contamination from raw meats to counter tops...

Hospital seeks nursing staff to fill shortage

Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services reopened and re-staffed its maternity unit Oct. 26 after a temporary, two-day closure due to a shortage of labor and delivery nurses, according an Oct. 26 RMCHCS press release.

“RMCHCS had a key maternity nurse who was out for two days sick so they had two deliveries in the ER during her absence,” William Madaras, director of Glass Lantern PR, wrote in an Oct. 31 statement. “One or two referrals [were made] to INS during that two day period last week.”

The ward has one labor nurse and one delivery nurse on duty at all times.

According to the press release, RMCHCS has been working to...

Voted winner in ‘beaches and natural attractions’ category

ALBUQUERQUE – The Bureau of Land Management and Pueblo de Cochiti announced Oct. 24 that Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument was named a winner in the inaugural TripSavvy Editors’ Choice Awards in the 2018 Beaches and Natural Attractions category.

The awards take a two-pronged approach to choose winners: a combination of data and human vetting to recognize the very best restaurants, hotels, and attractions across the world.

According to Trip Savvy, a travel-information website, from a pool of over 60,000, only two percent of businesses, including Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, passed TripSavvy’s...