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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Christopher Keller and Wufei Yu

A cybersecurity issue forces a major New Mexico hospital to divert patients and close clinics

New Mexico Healthcare Cybersecurity - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A major hospital network in New Mexico was racing to fix a cybersecurity issue on Monday that forced it to send ambulances to other hospitals and left the state without an emergency department capable of treating the most serious injuries.

The University of New Mexico Health System told people not to show up at its main hospital in Albuquerque and has canceled appointments at its more than 30 clinics.

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