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PRESBYTERIAN TEAMS UP WITH UNM NURSING TO BRING HEALTHCARE TO RURAL AREAS

By RMB News

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TUCUMCARI (KSMX)- One of the state’s largest health care providers is partnering with the University of New Mexico’s nursing college to expand access to health care in rural communities by creating a new residency program.

The program will be paid for by a $3.2 million grant awarded to Presbyterian Healthcare Services by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration.

The program will focus on providing care in medically underserved areas.

The clinics that will be part of the residency are in Tucumcari, Capitan, Carrizozo, Corona, Ruidoso, southwest Albuquerque, Socorro, Belen, Los Lunas.