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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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.
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 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.
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.