New hospitals in New Mexico bring 24/7 care to ER desert

Late last year, when relief emergency veterinarian Dr. Julia Donnelly sat down to plan her 2024 schedule, she felt what she describes as "a wave of not-quite guilt, but sadness." The Santa Fe, New Mexico, resident had plenty of contracts and she loved relief work. What bothered her was having to travel out of state to practice emergency medicine because closer to home there was only one 24/7 hospital.

This story was published on Oct. 22, 2024.