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UMC presents quarterly operations update and outlines state‑level legislative priorities
Summary
UMC and El Paso Children’s Hospital leaders briefed commissioners on clinical program additions, a bond timetable, and active legislative priorities including protecting El Paso Health’s managed‑care role and requests for state capital funding for a psychiatric center and cancer center expansion.
Representatives of the El Paso County Hospital District and its affiliates detailed clinical expansions, a bond‑management timeline and several legislative priorities during a quarterly briefing to the county commissioners on Monday.
Jacob Sintron, president and CEO of the hospital district, described new clinical services and accreditations — including El Paso’s first urology procedure performed with a Da Vinci single‑port robotic system, the expansion of ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) capability, and geriatric emergency‑department accreditation. Sintron said those additions are intended to reduce patient travel out of the region for specialty care. He also reviewed outreach and…
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