/tags/surgery Surgery en-US Copyright Thu, 27 Mar 2025 23:46:03 GMT /local-news/2025-03-27/doctors-seek-veto-on-optometrist-bill A bill passed in the recent legislative session to make it easier for optometrists to perform complicated eye surgeries. But a professional association of ophthalmologists wants the governor to veto the legislation because they say it puts patients at risk. Thu, 27 Mar 2025 23:46:03 GMT /local-news/2025-03-27/doctors-seek-veto-on-optometrist-bill Daniel Montaño /2020-08-17/postponed-surgeries-pinch-hospitals-and-rural-patients Daniel Bear lives in Kenilworth, Utah, a small community of around 200 people between Salt Lake City and Moab. Earlier this year, Bear suffered a... Mon, 17 Aug 2020 19:03:01 GMT /2020-08-17/postponed-surgeries-pinch-hospitals-and-rural-patients Maggie Mullen /public-health-new-mexico/2017-11-02/unmh-reverses-surgery-payment-policy The Albuquerque-area’s public safety net hospital can no longer demand half upfront from uninsured folks getting medically necessary surgeries as of late… Thu, 02 Nov 2017 23:09:08 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2017-11-02/unmh-reverses-surgery-payment-policy