Maternity and neonatal intensive attraction services astatine the Henderson Hospital are coming to an extremity aboriginal this year, infirmary leaders announced Wednesday.
Citing decreased request for maternity attraction and a greater request for medical-surgical inpatient beds, the infirmary volition nary longer connection maternity and NICU “as of 7 p.m. connected oregon astir September 30, 2026,” the infirmary said successful an emailed statement.
The infirmary said it is experiencing important exigency country measurement and admissions, and that exigency country and inpatient nursing units are regularly astatine capableness contempt having added 35 surgical beds successful May. It added the alteration was made to for respective reasons, including a decreasing commencement complaint and less NICU admissions.
“There person been galore maternity-related changes successful Southern Nevada that affected the request for inpatient maternity care,” the infirmary said successful a statement, “including a decreasing Southern Nevada commencement complaint accordant with the nationalist trend, doc retirements, OB bureau closures and a important alteration successful patients being referred by maternal fetal medicine specialists, frankincense resulting successful a alteration successful NICU admissions.”
The closure comes months aft nurses started an online petition successful May to opposing the closure of the hospital’s maternal services and the NICU. Henderson Hospital caregiver Kim Trower, who organized the Change.org petition, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal successful May that shuttering those services would negatively interaction high-risk pregnancies.
Mothers and babies volition proceed to person attraction earlier being discharged oregon transferred to a Valley Health System infirmary with maternity services oregon different facility, according to the hospital. The infirmary said it’s besides continuing 24/7 availability of physicians for gynecological aesculapian emergencies and volition proceed to enactment each gynecological and bosom surgeries.
The existing maternity unity volition beryllium converted into 32 surgical rooms, portion the NICU abstraction volition beryllium renovated to adhd different 32 surgical beds, the infirmary said. The infirmary said it presently has 338 beds for acute care.
The conversion of the maternity portion and NICU abstraction is estimated to beryllium completed by Dec. 31, 2027.
“This volition assistance guarantee timely transitions to caller opportunities portion supporting due staffing for the Birthplace and NICU until the past time of care,” the infirmary said.
Nurse ‘heartbroken’ implicit announcement
The hospital, which is adjacent West Galleria Drive and Interstate 11, opened successful 2016. Henderson Hospital upgraded its NICU from a Level II portion to Level III successful 2020, meaning it is capable to dainty premature infants earlier 32 weeks’ gestation, arsenic portion of a multimillion enlargement project.
Karen Young, a registered caregiver astatine Henderson Hospital, said she helped instrumentality attraction of the archetypal babe calved determination astir a decennary ago. In a substance message, Young said she’s committed to continuing her enactment successful the Women’s And Children’s Services portion until it closes and is evaluating her adjacent steps.
“I americium heartbroken for the women and infants that volition person to question further to get due care, I americium disgusted with a healthcare strategy that values profits implicit patients,” Young said. “I americium determined to find ways to assistance women and children successful our community.”
Maternity, NICU services astatine adjacent hospitals
The hospital, which is operated by Valley Health System, said it was moving with employees, healthcare providers and “all indispensable authorities agencies” for a seamless modulation prioritizing maternity patients, unit and physicians. Approximately 100 unit members volition beryllium capable to use for different presumption astatine the hospital, oregon with maternity-related positions astatine different Valley Health System hospitals including Centennial Hills Hospital Medical Center, Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center oregon Summerlin Hospital Medical Center.
Valley Health System is simply a concatenation of Southern Nevada aesculapian facilities owned by Universal Health Services, a for-profit healthcare web with much than 540 facilities and 101,500 employees, according to its website. The Valley Health System operates 8 hospitals and respective surgical centers, freestanding exigency rooms, urgent cares and different facilities.
A Henderson spokesperson said successful a Wednesday email the metropolis was alert of the hospital’s announcement but is not progressive with the transition.
“As a privately operated entity, Henderson Hospital makes its ain operational decisions, and the City is not progressive successful the transition, arsenic the City does not supply healthcare services,” the email said.
Trower could not instantly beryllium reached for comment. She said successful May that if the NICU and Women’s and Children’s Services section closed astatine Henderson Hospital, the adjacent closest hospitals with NICUs are Sunrise Children’s Hospital and St. Rose Dominican Hospital, Siena field — some astir 10 miles from Henderson Hospital.
But successful summation to the hospital’s statement, Valley Health System spokeswoman Gretchen Papez besides sent a FAQ that stated the Centennial Hills, Spring Valley and Summerlin hospitals each connection antepartum care, labour and transportation services, post-partum and Level II and III neonatal intensive attraction units, arsenic good arsenic parenting classes and enactment groups.
Contact Casey Harrison astatine charrison@reviewjournal.com. Follow @Casey_Harrison1 connected X.
English (US)·