Las Vegas-based Valley Health System, an operator of regional hospitals, has announced that Desert Springs Hospital and Medical Center, a regional hospital serving the Las Vegas area, will cease hospital operations and convert to a free-standing emergency room.
The conversion will impact 970 employees when inpatient services cease on or about March 11, 2023.
According to a hospital spokesperson, “Although Desert Springs Hospital has performed admirably during this extraordinary time, we continue to encounter existing and new challenges as an organization. As you know, we are an aging facility with complex physical constraints. Due to those factors, the assessment of the future state of the hospital has been under review for some time. The required renovations would be highly disruptive to operations and require a significant capital investment."
“Coupled with the fast-changing landscape of healthcare, which includes labor shortages and cost increases due to inflation, these unanticipated challenges have expedited the need to adapt our operations.”
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