Denish Talks Healthcare Jobs

(Albuquerque) – Standing with University residents and health-clinic workers in front of a South Valley Health Clinic, Diane Denish today called for major investment in developing New Mexico’s health-care workforce. “From Doctors to patient care technicians, from nurses to administrators – health-care jobs are in high demand,” Denish said. “And with health reform covering hundreds of thousands more New Mexicans over the next five years, we simply must be focused on developing a workforce that can take on those jobs. I don’t know about you, but I frankly feel sick every time I hear about New Mexico health-care companies recruiting out of state to fill jobs here.” The Denish plan calls for an intense focus and investment in attracting high-school students to the health-care field, expansion of nursing programs, scholarships for students who take up health-care study in college and incentives for health-care workers who choose to live and work in rural and underserved areas.

Denish Talks Healthcare Jobs