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Lovelace Westside Hospital Opens Renovated, Kid-Friendly ER

KOB-TV, KOAT March 05, 2013

Lovelace Westside Hospital opened its renovated emergency department on March 1, which includes a kid-friendly area with four private exam rooms dedicated to children and their families. View the pieces that ran on KOB-TV and KOAT-TV. KOB-TV Stories KOAT-TV

Women of Influence, Dawn Tschabrun

Albuquerque Business First March 05, 2013

Congratulations to Dawn Tschabrun for recently being named a Women of Influence Honoree by Albuquerque Business First.An interview with Dawn is attached that appeared in a special supplement to the newspaper. To see this story in print, click here.

Breast Reconstructive Surgery Offers Less Painful, Speedier Recovery

ABQ Journal Feature Health Story March 04, 2013

After having a mastectomy for breast cancer, Roberta Crawford opted for a breast reconstructive surgery that’s new to New Mexico. Called DIEP flap, the surgery preserves a patient’s muscle function. (Marla Brose/Albuquerque Journal)Though she lost a part of herself when she had to undergo a mastectomy, Roberta Crawford says it could have been worse – she might not have been able to pick up her...

Walking for Fitness and Fun

ABQ Journal March 04, 2013

By Aurelio Sanchez / Journal Staff Writer There were old friends and new friends, couch potatoes and fit people, a few people with dogs, older people and not many young men and women, and they were all wearing cool, little pedometers.“I think it’s neat there are so many different people here, and the thing we all have in common is that we want to get in shape, we all want to be healthy,” Carol...

Lovelace Proposes Bed-Sharing With University of New Mexico Hospital in Place of New Facility

Becker's Hospital Review March 04, 2013

Written by Anuja Vaidya Albuquerque, N.M.-based Lovelace Health System announced that it has offered to enter into a bed-sharing agreement with the University of New Mexico Hospital, also in Albuquerque, as an alternative to UNMH building a new $146 million hospital. Ron Stern, CEO of Lovelace, made the offer in a Feb. 22 letter to Steve McKernan, CEO of the University of New Mexico Health...