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Community’s Loss of Hospital Stirs Fresh Debate Over Indian Health Service

The hospital is federally run by the Indian Health Service, based in Rockville, Md. The agency was created to carry out the governments treaty obligations to provide health care services to eligible American Indians and Alaskan Natives. Situated 60 miles west of Albuquerque, the Acoma-Cañoncito-Laguna Service Unit serves about 126,000…