What began as a 44,000-square-foot facility with 62 beds and a half-staffed emergency department, has grown into Nevada’s largest acute-care facility. Along the way, it changed the face of health care in the Las Vegas Valley.
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Over the past year, staff at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center have been repairing Roman’s heart, which lacks a left ventricle due to a congenital condition called hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS).
Joe Rosa of Las Vegas celebrated his 103rd birthday at 24 Hour Fitness in Summerlin Friday, Dec. 7, 2018. After a hit-and-run crash, Rosa’s medical team told him he would never walk again. Rosa credits physical therapy and a personal trainer at the club for his return to health.
Thousands of women who have reported chronic and debilitating pain, heavy, endless bleeding and other medical problems related to Essure.
Officials with the Metropolitan Police Department and Sunrise Children’s Hospital held a news conference Thursday to warn parents of the deadly dangers of sleeping with their babies or filling their cribs with blankets, pillows and toys.
Brenda Occhipinti lost her 12-year-old son, Carlo Jr., to the flu last year. The terrible loss has opened her eyes to the risks of leaving children unvaccinated, and she made sure his surviving siblings all got their shots this year.
About 30 counselors from around the U.S. undergo EMDR (for “eye movement desensitization and reprocessing”) training in Las Vegas. The technique helps trauma victims disassociate disturbing experiences from negative feelings.
While records show that misuse of a hospital code known as “internal disaster” by University Medical Center contributed to confusion after the Oct. 1 mass shooting, little has been done to prevent a recurrence of the episode.
Some who were injured in the mass shooting on the Strip haven’t paid a dime for their care, but for others mounting medical bills are a constant reminder of the financial impact that one terrible moment can inflict on a family.
When Gina Glass, 31 and pregnant with her second child, walked into a routine prenatal appointment, sickle cell disease wasn’t on her mind.