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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Savannah Peters

Indian Health Service is digging out of decades-old construction backlog for medical buildings

Native American Health - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

An empty lot between a fire station and a soccer field just outside Albuquerque soon will be the home of a federal medical center first promised to Native American patients more than 30 years ago.

Earlier this month, Santa Ana Pueblo Gov. Myron Armijo took officials from the U.S. Indian Health Service and the Department of Health and Human Services on a tour of the location where patients are to receive everything from dialysis and diabetes care to optometry services.

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