Tuesday, March 22, 2022
San Juan Regional Medical Center Thanks Community Partners for Collaboration During COVID-19 Pandemic
San Juan Regional Medical Center met with representatives from several local, regional and statewide organizations Monday to express gratitude for all we’ve accomplished together through our valued partnerships during the pandemic.
The strength of our relationships with our many partners at the local, regional and statewide level helped to ensure that our friends, family and neighbors were cared for and supported over the past two years. Through all the challenges COVID-19 brought, we worked together to tackle them head on, utilizing our collective strengths and expertise to help our entire community go from one of the hardest-hit areas early on to a region experiencing a dramatic decline in cases, with fewer than 10 COVID patients hospitalized right now and a 7-day rolling average of under 2.5 percent.
“We could not have made it through as well as we did without an immense amount of community support. From children who made gifts for our caregivers, all the way to the state and federal level with our legislative support and a world of things in between. Volunteers making PPE for us, all types of food donated to the organization, it’s been an incredible journey,” said SJRMC President and CEO Jeff Bourgeois.
Bourgeois, along with Incident Commanders Dr. Brad Greenberg (Medical Director of Emergency Preparedness) and Ruth Brooks (Vice President of Accreditation, Professional, and Support Services) shared their sincere and heartfelt thanks for the support shown to the hospital with a certificate and commemorative coin.
San Juan Regional Medical Center would like to recognize the following:
- John Miller – NM DOH
- Mike Mestas – San Juan County Office of Emergency Management
- Mike Heal – Aztec Police
- John Mohler – San Juan County
- Nate Duckett – Farmington Mayor
- Rob Mayes – Farmington City Manager
- Georgette Allen - Farmington Public Affairs Administrator
- Mike Stark – San Juan County
- Devin Neeley - Public Relations/Film Manager, San Juan County
- Dr. Toni Pendergrass – San Juan College
- Ed DesPlas – SJ College HHPC
- David Burke – Farmington Fire
- Mya Donaldson - SJCADC
- Brandon Heard – Farmington Fire
- Laura Hensley – SJC Fire
- Rita Abboud – NM DOH
- Anna Johnston – Four Corners ASC
- Vince Moffitt – Basin Home Health
- Jim Dumont – Office of NM Senator Martin Heinrich
- Cynthia Atencio – Bloomfield Mayor
- Mike Padilla – Aztec Mayor
- Mark Duncan – Kirtland Mayor
- Shane Ferrari – San Juan County Sherriff
- Steve Hebbe – Farmington Police Chief
- David Karst – Bloomfield Police Chief
- Jared Rounsville – NM DOH
- Christine Ross – NM DOH
- John Byrom - PESCO
- Crystal Arellano – San Juan County 911
- Taft Tracy – Farmington Police
- Suzanne Seitzinger – NM DOH
- David Ripley – San Juan County 911
- Robert Sterrett – Farmington Fire
- Ali Rye – San Juan County Office of Emergency Management
- Brian Lee – Office of Senator Ben Ray Lujan
- Anthony Pacheco – Office of Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez
- Chris Emory – NM DOH
We would also like to recognize our Board of Directors for their support, leadership and many contributions throughout the pandemic. As a community owned and operated hospital, we value our community partners and are grateful that our relationships have grown and strengthened throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
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