'It’s tragic': Tonopah's only hospital closes
Source: Las Vegas Sun
The Nye Regional Medical Center, the only hospital in a 100-mile radius, closed at noon today, leaving rural residents worried about how they will receive care.
Based in Tonopah, a mining town halfway between Las Vegas and Reno, the 10-bed hospital provided emergency and inpatient care as well as laboratory, radiology, respiratory and outpatient services.
... “The hospital operations cannot be sustained any longer with expenses greater than revenues,” Allen wrote in the letter. “In an effort to save the hospital, we have tried to arrange partnerships/affiliations with other health care organizations. These efforts have been unsuccessful due to our small size and remote location. We are out of options, time and funding.”
... Prime Care Nevada Inc., the parent company of Nye Regional Medical Center, filed for bankruptcy in 2013, the Pahrump Valley Times reported. Several months later, in May 2014, a federal bankruptcy judge removed Dr. Vincent Scoccia from his role as the hospital’s CEO after Nye County accused him of mismanagement and paying his own interests.
Read more: http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/aug/21/tonopahs-only-hospital-closes/
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