January 22, 2021
Hospital stonewalls release of COVID numbers, even as situation improves
Written by
Geoffrey Plant
on January 22, 2021
After peaking two weeks ago, Grant County’s coronavirus infection rate appears to be on the decline, and markedly fewer new positive test results were reported here over the past week.
That’s likely good news for Gila Regional Medical Center, which saw an influx of COVID-19 patients over the past couple of months as the virus surged in New Mexico. However, leadership at the county-owned nonprofit hospital continues to refuse to make public statistical information that would give an indication of how severely the pandemic is affecting the facility, and the tens of thousands of people who live in the community it serves — even in the face of a District Court action by the Daily Press.