CIR Backs UNM Hospital

In New Mexico, CIR members helped out with a campaign to pass the Mil Levy, a voter bond measure to continue funding for the University of New Mexico Hospital, the only Level 1 Trauma Center in New Mexico. It is also New Mexico’s only teaching hospital, and has its only Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Unit.

Dr. Noah Zuker, a CIR delegate and PGY 3 in Surgery said that, “When we were approached by UNM Hospital and the Health Sciences Center, CIR housestaff jumped at the opportunity to work as a team to make sure the Mil Levy passed. By working together with the hospital community, housestaff have helped to ensure that patient care is adequately funded.”

CIR made a generous financial contribution towards the campaign which distributed lawn signs and door hangers, and educated the public about the Mil Levy, followed up with a Get Out the Vote effort. “I want to commend the outstanding efforts of the interns and residents of CIR in helping us achieve a dramatic 63% majority win for the Bernalillo County Mil Levy,” said Bill Sparks, Executive Director of Communications for the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center.

“Over the next eight years, it will contribute almost $700 million, 14% of the annual budget, to UNMH. We sincerely appreciate the financial and individual support shown throughout the campaign.”