During their meeting Thursday morning, Gila Regional Medical Center Chief Nursing Officer Kelly Rodriguez informed the hospital’s Governing Board that the county-owned facility has seen a sizable increase in employed registered nurses, which has been a point of concern here and at hospitals across the nation. “We have actively visited Doña Ana Community College, UNM, Pima [Community College] in Tucson, Eastern Arizona University and, in two weeks, we will be …
The Gila Regional Medical Center Governing Board welcomed Marion “Tony” Thompson as the county-owned hospital’s new interim CEO at their meeting Tuesday afternoon. Thompson has shadowed HealthTechS3 Regional Vice President Michael Lieb, who had been filling in as CEO, for the past week, and Lieb told the board they have been getting him up to speed rapidly. Thompson “is well-experienced he’s ready to dive in, and you guys will …
Commissioners approved the Grant County Airport’s action plan for some major improvements to the airport at their regular meeting Thursday but they will not come quickly, as District 5 Commissioner Harry Browne noted. “I think [Airport Manager Rebekah Wenger] did an excellent job preparing that presentation, and I look forward to the work,” he said, “but it’s going to take many years before we see that come to fruition.” The …
A Feb. 15 incident at the Gila-Cliff transfer station took the life of longtime Cliff resident and former Classification Bureau Chief Gilbert Garcia and his family members are trying to make sure no one else will suffer the same fate. Garcia, a 70-year-old Cliff resident and regular user of the transfer station, was throwing his trash into one of two large open-top garbage bins when he fell. Southwest Solid …
The Gila Regional Medical Center Governing Board held their regular meeting Thursday, and spent considerable time discussing their 2021 audit reports which revealed that, unlike in the year before, the hospital had seen significant gains in revenue last year. Before that discussion, however, new Chief Financial Officer Paul Rogers was introduced by his predecessor, Greg Brickner. “We’ve spent most of this week doing a massive brain dump, so he’s …