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New Mexico’s only Level I trauma center faces rising costs and staff shortages as patients wait hours for life-saving care.

Every minute counts for patients who arrive in critical condition at the North Colorado Medical Center trauma room. A recent $1 million remodel of the trauma room improves the flow of care to patients ...