Looking at UMC’s Problems
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Rory Reid and Jim Rogers are hoping the state’s struggling medical school can help transform Clark County’s failing public hospital into a world-class teaching hospital akin to what can be found at Johns Hopkins University.
Because Reid, the Clark County Commission chairman and Democratic gubernatorial candidate, has been on the board of the scandal-plagued University Medical Center for seven years, opponents say he should have done more to fix the problems at UMC before now.
The hospital has been in the red for years and lost $71 million in the fiscal year that ended June 30. Reid has announced that Rogers, former chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education, would lead the effort to transform UMC. Rogers, owner of Sunbelt Communications, is driven to produce results and is not afraid of stepping on toes.