Hospital denies formal ask for COVID details Written by Geoffrey Plant on December 2, 2020
Through its legal counsel, Gila Regional Medical Center refused Monday to honor a formal Inspection of Public Records Act request filed by the Daily Press on Nov. 23 without providing a required written status letter within three days of receiving the request.
Separately, however, the hospital updated the newspaper this week regarding conditions at the facility as COVID-19 numbers continue to rise in Grant County.
The New Mexico Department of Health replied in a timely manner to a similar IPRA request from the Daily Press, indicating it would respond within a 15-day limit set out in state law.