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Firefighters, young burn victims pay tribute to UMC

On Friday, Robert Bishop Smith and two other boys who were treated by UMC’s burn unit — Brandon Moore, 16, and Weston Moon, 11 — were on hand as the Firefighters of Southern Nevada Burn Foundation thanked members of the burn unit for their work with a picnic outside the hospital.

Nurse shares life-or-death moments

What Ellie Powell sees in her mind’s eye — a sobbing woman trying to deal with the decision of taking her mother off life support — causes her to wince, as though the memory pressed hard on a psychic bruise.

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Nevada joins health reform lawsuit

Gov. Jim Gibbons on Friday aggressively defended his decision to involve Nevada in a controversial lawsuit aimed at blocking implementation of a major federal reform of the nation’s system of paying for health care.

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