Las Vegas, NV (AP) - Upgrades to University Medical Center, Nevada’s only public hospital, have begun.
Work started Tuesday on a $55 million project to modernize the 92-year-old facility, hospital spokesman Scott Kerbs said.
The 541-bed hospital is the third-largest by capacity in Nevada, behind Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno and Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center in Las Vegas. Kerbs said future work at UMC will add beds, but the number has not been specified.
Over the next three years, the hospital will modernize building facades and lighting, add two “healing gardens,” upgrade parking and pedestrian access and consolidate women and children services in one building.
UMC is the only hospital in the state with a Level 1 trauma center, It also has a children’s hospital and a burn unit. Renown and Sunrise each have Level 2 trauma centers.