Southern Nevada’s major hospitals plan to resume performing “medically necessary” elective surgeries Monday, according to a Nevada Hospital Association letter.
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University Medical Center in Las Vegas has spent more than $25 million on protective gear and other equipment to fight coronavirus so far this year.
The illness can lead to pneumonia, multi-organ failure and death. As of Saturday, the virus had hospitalized more than 400 people in Clark County and killed 41.
SEIU Local 1107 announced the news during a radio interview Thursday night.
Clark County employees are also seeing their contracts suspended amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Registered nurses at 15 hospitals in seven states — including MountainView — are planning to voice their concerns Wednesday about what they say is a lack of preparedness at the hospitals for dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.