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S. Nev. Emergency Rooms Burdened By Folks Worried About Flu

Jan 26, 2015
People suffering from flu-like symptoms have been packing Southern Nevada hospitals, forcing emergency rooms to turn away ambulances, says the Southern...
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S. Nevada Getting More Beds For Psychiatric Patients

Jan 26, 2015
Southern Nevada is adding beds for dozens more psychiatric patients this month, less than a year after a shortage of space reached crisis levels at Las...
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Following Scandal, Psychiatric Patients Crowd Local Emergency Rooms

May 06, 2013

Disruption at Rawson-Neal following the busing scandal has caused a backlog of psychiatric cases at local emergency rooms. Last week, University Medical Center declared an "internal disaster" due to the large volume of mentally ill patients. The state placed a psychologist at the hospital to help manage the influx. Is it enough? And how can the hospital help open beds for patients with physical problems?

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