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Posted on Oct 19, 2020

Drive-thru Flu Shot Event hosted by RGH in October 2020 Medical professionals administered 251 influenza vaccinations on Saturday, October 19. Due to the pandemic, the reguarly scheduled health fair--were flu shots are given free to the public--was ...

Posted on Sep 23, 2020

PORTALES, NM, September 21, 2020 – Roosevelt General Hospital (RGH) and Clinics is offering “curbside” flu shots this year, due to on-going pandemic. On Saturday, October 17, RGH Clinic will host a Drive-Thru Flu Shot event. Local ...

Posted on Mar 19, 2020

PORTALES, NM, March 19, 2020 – Roosevelt General Hospital (RGH) is taking precautions to safeguard patients, visitors and staff against the spread of COVID-19. Beginning this morning, the RGH Café will no longer be open to the community ...

Posted on Mar 11, 2020

PORTALES, NM, March 4, 2020 – Roosevelt General Hospital (RGH) is taking precautions to safeguard patients, visitors and staff against COVID-19, known as Coronavirus-19. Currently in the United States, there are 13 states with 80 cases and nine ...

Posted on Mar 13, 2019

PORTALES, N.M. (KVII) — Roosevelt General Hospital in Portales, N.M., wants to be a model for how rural healthcare should be and it recently took a huge step in that direction. The hospital bought a high-tech diagnostic tool that cuts the time ...

Posted on Feb 27, 2019

State-of-the-art BioFire Film Array Machine Makes Dramatic Difference at RGH PORTALES, NEW MEXICO, February 26, 2019 – The laboratory at Roosevelt General Hospital (RGH) is using the BioFire Film Array system to rapidly identify infections. Lab ...

Posted on Nov 19, 2018

Roosevelt General Hospital receives national recognition for performance leadership PORTALES, NEW MEXICO, November 19, 2018 – Roosevelt General Hospital announced it has been recognized by The Chartis Center of Rural Health and the National ...

Posted on Oct 09, 2018

ROOSEVELT GENERAL HOSPITAL WINS HOSPITAL INNOVATION IMPROVEMENT (HIIN) AWARD PORTALES, NM, October 9, 2018 – Roosevelt General Hospital in Portales, New Mexico has earned the Hospital Innovation Improvement (HIIN) Award for two years of ...

Posted on Oct 02, 2018

PARKING LOT CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN AT ROOSEVELT GENERAL HOSPITAL All visitors should enter RGH parking lot from 18 th Street and Stafford-Wood Street during construction PORTALES, NM, October 2, 2018 – Parking lot construction begins Monday, ...

Posted on Sep 05, 2018

RGH Foundation to Host 4 th Annual Skeet Shoot Portales, N.M. – The RGH Foundation is hosting the 4 th Annual Skeet Shoot fundraiser in an effort to raise funds for Roosevelt General Hospital. The shoot is scheduled for Saturday, September 8 at ...

Posted on Jul 05, 2018

HOSPITAL MOVES PATIENT REGISTRATION TO MEDICAL CLINIC All patients, with the exception of surgery, should register at the RGH Clinic for lab, radiology and cardio-pulmonology rather than hospital. PORTALES, NM, June 21, 2018 – Effective Monday, ...

Posted on Oct 21, 2014

Portales, NM – Roosevelt General Hospital will now be pre-screening for Ebola outside of its facility. Patients and RGH visitors arriving at the hospital and clinic will be asked a series of questions regarding symptoms of Ebola disease. The ...

Posted on Jul 18, 2014

Portales, NM –Roosevelt County was awarded $500,000 to construct a new building for Arise Sexual Assault Services through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG). Roosevelt County was one of 12 applicants to be fully funded for the CDBG. A ...

Posted on Jan 10, 2014

By Christina Calloway, PNT senior writer ccalloway@pntonline.com Roosevelt General Hospital’s director of infection control said Thursday flu cases and people showing flu-like symptoms are increasing in the county. Tersa Bonifant said November ...

Posted on Dec 12, 2013

by Eric Norwood Jr., PNT staff writer enorwood@pntonline.com The CareFlight helicopter is nearing its one-year anniversary in Portales, and the impact is already being felt. According to CareFlight Vice President of Business Development Scott ...

Posted on Nov 19, 2013

by Christina Calloway, PNT senior writer ccalloway@pntonline.com It’s been hard for Barbara Layog to see destruction caused by Typhoon Haiyan in the country she grew up in. Layog moved from the Philippines to Roosevelt County about nine years ...

Posted on Oct 12, 2013

By Eric Norwood Jr., PNT staff writer enorwood@pntonline.com Residents flocked to Roosevelt General Hospital Saturday morning to get flu shots, child immunizations, blood screenings, and other services at its health fair. A hospital spokesperson said ...

Posted on Mar 02, 2013

Portales, NM - Patients with critical, or life-threatening, medical conditions will now receive quicker air ambulance transportation to regional and metropolitan hospitals due to TriState CareFlight opening a new base at Roosevelt General Hospital. ...

Posted on Nov 22, 2012

By Alisa Boswell: PNT staff writer Published: Thursday, November 22nd, 2012 Roosevelt General Hospital now has the ability to transport medical patients by air after signing a contract with Tristate CareFlight, an organization operating across five ...

Posted on Oct 11, 2012

Christina Calloway PNT senior writer Published: Thursday, October 11th, 2012 Claude Elswick watched multiple blood samples rotate in a chemistry analyzer in Roosevelt General Hospital’s laboratory. The lab technician says the machine can ...

Posted on Oct 10, 2012

By Christina Calloway PNT senior writer Published: Wednesday, October 10th, 2012 Christina Calloway: Portales News-Tribune Dr. Erika Garcia of Roosevelt General Hospital plans to promote literacy among young children in Roosevelt County with the ...

Posted on Aug 15, 2012

By Christina Calloway PNT senior writer Published: Wednesday, August 15th, 2012 Roosevelt General Hospital officials said they have received a lot of questions about wellness checks from Medicare patients. Dr. Erika Garcia, who practices family ...

Posted on Jul 06, 2012

News Channel 10 - By Eric Ross PORTALES, N.M.- Big changes are coming to the Roosevelt General Hospital. A $2.1 million renovation project is now underway. It includes connecting the RGH Clinic to the hospital through two corridors with space being ...

Posted on Jul 05, 2012

By Christina Calloway: PNT senior writer Published: Thursday, July 5th, 2012 Expansion of Roosevelt General Hospital means faster service, more jobs and an increase in the amount of patients seen daily, according to RGH officials. The near $2.1 ...

Posted on Apr 18, 2012

By Christina Calloway: PNT senior writer Published: Wednesday, April 18th, 2012 Christa Prewitt no longer fears her annual mammogram appointments. She described her experience with past mammograms as painful. The discomfort associated with older ...