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Lab, physical therapy valuable assets to Cibola General

Medical Technologist Marie Connell works in the mircrobiology lab at Cibola General Hospital on Thursday, August 6th. The hospital is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. — © 2009 Gallup Independent / Brian Leddy

Copyright © 2009
Gallup Independent
By Jim Tiffin
Cibola County Bureau

GRANTS — Blood tests are not the only procedures the laboratory at Cibola General Hospital does, Stewart Jordan, lab director said. As the hospital celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, the lab continues to be highly accredited and provides a variety of testing services for inpatients and outpatients.

Full complete blood counts, better known as “CBC,” to doctors, are the basic blood test, but additional blood tests are valuable in diagnosing illnesses.

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