Section: News and Media - posted in 2012

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 ...

Posted on Apr 13, 2012

Alisa Boswell Published: Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012 Roosevelt General Hospital is operating in the black for the first time since the hospital reopened in 2001, according to hospital officials. RGH Administrator Larry Leaming said the hospital ended ...

Posted on Feb 01, 2012

Alisa Boswell Records are a vital part of the medical field, according to Roosevelt General Hospital personnel in the records office. “These charts are patients’ lives,” said records office Administration Assistant Krystle Barton. ...