ACCORDING TO THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN, A UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO REPORT SHOWS THAT OUR STATE HAS THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF DOCTORS IN THE NATION OLDER THAN 60. NEW MEXICO HAS ADDED MORE THAN 400 PHYSICIANS IN THE LAST THREE YEARS. BUT DESPITE THAT, THE AVERAGE DOCTOR IN THE STATE IS THREE YEARS OLDER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.
A UNM OFFICIAL TOLD A LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE THAT NEW MEXICO COULD SEE A SHORTAGE OF DOCTORS IN THE COMING YEARS AS THEY REACH RETIREMENT AGE.
