By Mary Alice Murphy
At the Gila Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees meeting on Friday, Jan. 29, 2016, during the executive session after the regular meeting, Chief Administrative Officer Dan Otero, told the board members that he had accepted the position of chief executive officer of Hidalgo Medical Services.
Otero told the Beat he hadn't announced it in regular session, because some of the trustees were unaware of his decision.
A news release sent to the Beat said the Trustees thanked Otero for his years of service and for helping the hospital over the past two and a half years, especially for assisting the organization with the financial turnaround during the difficult transition in 2013 and 2014.