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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The Nevada chapter of Service Employees International Union outlined hazards it alleges are still ongoing at a swath of large hospitals across the state.
Hospitals across Nevada have faced more complaints in the past seven weeks than OSHA typically receives in an entire year. The union said more are coming.
The findings come from new data released by the Southern Nevada Health District on Friday morning.
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.
Since mid-March, local governments across the Las Vegas Valley have suspended more than 25 such contracts.
The data represent an early snapshot — still missing is race/ethnicity data for 42 percent of the cases in Clark County, and other state cases outside of the county.
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.
Mathematical models aim to chart the path of the new coronavirus in the U.S. and Nevada, but the outcomes can vary wildly depending on basic assumptions about the disease.