KOB-TV was at Civic Plaza to cover National Red Day, which is an event to raise awareness about heart disease in women.
Dr. Ruby Bendersky, Cardiologist at Lovelace Women’s Hospital, was interviewed by reporter Jill Galus.
Lovelace Regional Hospital-Roswell celebrated on Thursday the one-year anniversary of Lovelace Health System Inc.’s acquisition of the former Roswell Regional Hospital.
Employees gathered in the facility’s cafeteria, decorated with balloons, and Lovelace Regional Hospital-Roswell CEO Lloyd Scarrow spoke about the transformation that the hospital had undergone within the year.
Albuquerque Journal
Health-Care Facility Opens in Los Lunas
By Deborah Fox/Reporter
Mario J. Leyba, M.D. has joined the Lovelace Medical Group as a general surgeon with offices located at 101 Hospital Loop, Suite 111, behind the Lovelace Women’s Hospital in Albuquerque. Leyba previously worked as chief of surgery at the Alta Vista Regional Hospital in Las Vegas, N.M. He has a bachelor’s degree,magna cum laude, in biology and chemistry from New Mexico Highlands University; a medical degree from UNM; and completed a surgical residency at the Good Samaritan Hospital Level 1Trauma Center in Phoenix.
By Karen Schmidt/Staff Reporter
Lovelace Westside Hospital will soon have a pediatric area in its emergency department.
As part of the emergency department’s “face lift,” four private exam rooms of the emergency department will be dedicated to children and their families.
“It’s part of the evolution of care … that’s become more specialized,” said Dr. Rebecca Webb, who is the medical director of the pediatric program at Lovelace Westside Hospital.
Mario Leyba
Employer: Lovelace Medical Group
Position: General Surgeon
Lovelace Westside Hospital has received the 2012 Zia Award from New Mexico Quality Awards for demonstrating the highest level of performance excellence and being considered the “Best in Class” and a role model in New Mexico. The New Mexico Quality Awards, modeled after the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, provides participating organizations with feedback on their strengths and their opportunities for improvement. The winners will be recognized at an award ceremony in April 2013.
The numbers continue to climb across the country and in New Mexico for the outbreak of the influenza virus.
According to the latest activity map from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in the course of one week the spread of cases in New Mexico went from a level of regional to widespread. That's also the same situation for a strong majority of the country.
