UNM Health Sciences seeks $600 million cash infusion for medical school building

What does a new medical school cost these days? 

About $600 million, if plans to reconstruct the University of New Mexico School of Medicine are any indication. 

Dr. Mike Richards, executive vice president of UNM Health Sciences Center and CEO of UNM Health System, presented before the powerful Legislative Finance Committee Wednesday requesting state money for one of the institution’s major priorities: increasing the state’s supply of health care workers, particularly doctors. 

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An image showing the proposed site for the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, slated for construction at the intersection of Lomas and University boulevards in Albuquerque. 

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