A modest medical laboratory space in a Las Vegas, N.M., strip mall is transforming into an outpatient clinic offering prenatal, psychiatric and primary care, thanks to an infusion of state funding.

Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in 疯客直播 Fe is using a $1.1 million grant from New Mexico鈥檚 Rural Health Delivery Fund to add clinic services to its lab center at 600 Mills Ave. in Las Vegas 鈥 a move company leaders say will make a major difference to patients in the northern part of the state.

鈥淚鈥檝e had patients traveling down from Northern New Mexico ... quite a distance to come see me,鈥 said Dr. Kristine Parke, Christus St. Vincent鈥檚 physician executive of ambulatory services and clinical informatics. She saw patients in Las Vegas two weeks ago at the clinic鈥檚 soft open.