Nursing homes profit from pandemic with no risk of accountability
Health
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Bordering on desperation
In Gallup, surrounded by the Navajo Nation, a pandemic crosses paths with homelessness, hate and healers
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State suspects it was scammed in PPE deal
An obscure Santa Fe company is under criminal investigation for possible forgery and price gouging in the sale of millions of dollars of personal protective equipment and medical supplies to the New Mexico Department of Health, according to a spokesman for the state Attorney General’s office. Bionet was one of the first companies to win […]
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Unsafe, understaffed, overwhelmed
As COVID-19 sweeps through the Navajo Nation, a hospital is accused of endangering lives
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Most nursing homes violate infection control standards
Almost all of New Mexico’s 71 nursing homes in recent years have violated rules meant to protect their most vulnerable residents from infectious disease. In total, 85 percent of the state’s facilities “failed to provide and implement an infection prevention and control program,” according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). A […]
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Tested
The Navajo Nation has the highest number of COVID-19 cases in Indian Country. How will it cope?
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The purge before the surge
In late January and early February, American public health experts warned about a possible COVID-19 epidemic, one that would almost certainly require a massive supply of hospital masks, gloves and hand sanitizer. At the same time, at least two major New Mexico hospitals were throwing those very items into the trash. “The hospital […]