Local Las Vegas Hospital To Layoff Hundreds Of Employees
It’s been announced that a local Las Vegas Hospital will be laying off hundreds of employees.
According to Fox 5, Desert Springs Hospital, located in the central portion of the Las Vegas valley, will have “970 fewer employees come March.”
The massive layoff was announced to employees via email on January 10th, and Fox 5 reports that an anonymous Desert Springs Hospital employee has recapped the moment that employees received this horrific news. “I had been at work and received an email, everybody was kind of checking their phones and everyone started crying it was a very weird day,” the anonymous source stated.
Apparently, rumors had been floating for some time, but employees were told not to believe them. Now, the announcement of Desert Springs Hospital’s plan to layoff hundreds of employees has been revealed, as well as the hospital’s plan to cease all inpatient operations by early to mid March.
Desert Springs Hospital says these changes are because of “renovation plans and high costs,” according to Fox 5. The Las Vegas hospital’s existing patients will continue to receive care for the time being until they are discharged and transferred to another medical facility to continue receiving necessary care.
As for the several hundreds of employees that have fallen victim to this massive layoff, they will now have to find new jobs. While they could explore the potential opportunity of transferring to other local Las Vegas hospitals, it seems near impossible that all 970 employees will be able to find available positions at other hospitals in the area. Hopefully these individuals are able to find comparable work continuing to help those in the medical field.
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Sammi Reeves is the afternoon show host on 102.7 VGS. Before her radio career, she worked several jobs in the media industry, specifically involving social media and media buying. As a content creator for 102.7 VGS, Sammi writes Las Vegas content centered around local restaurants, events, and need-to-know news.
