Las Vegas NowCancer Treatment Bill Advances
The Nevada Assembly has unanimously advanced a plan to require county hospitals to provide outpatient cancer treatment.
AB433 was brought as a response to Las Vegas-based University Medical Center ending its outpatient cancer treatment at the hospital, a story highlighted recently by "60 Minutes."
In hearings on the bill, hospital officials said their own budget crisis caused them to cut services. To re-establish services the hospital will have to raise an additional $3.5 million in revenue per year.
In Assemblywoman Debbie Smith's words: "It is indeed a life-or-death decision. And in these cases, a week or two weeks can mean death for some of these patients.
"We need to bring this service back to this hospital."
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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