Plans
It is the purpose of this plan to define the actions and roles necessary to provide a coordinated response within the State of New Mexico. This plan provides information for NMDOH with a general concept of potential emergency assignments.
A pandemic has the potential to result in large numbers of deaths (estimated between 20,000-25,000 deaths in New Mexico), overwhelming the New Mexico’s mortuary resources, including morgue capacity, medical investigative and forensic personnel, and services available for disposition of bodies. A pandemic is highly likely to produce large numbers of sick people that require care at the same time.