Marshall Allen

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Endoscopy Center doctor to testify against colleagues: Saturday, July 4, 2009; The Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners is relying on the help of one of the minority partners of the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada in disciplining Dr. Dipak Desai and another physician believed to be responsible for last year’s hepatitis C outbreak.
Reform debate fought on many fronts: Doctors and patients aren’t the only parties of interest in conversation on coverage; Thursday, July 2, 2009; A young boy falls off his bike, hits his head and briefly blacks out.
Board gives doctor light punishment in exchange for testimony: Wednesday, July 1, 2009; The Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners agreed to a settlement Wednesday that will lightly punish a doctor in exchange for his testimony against two other physicians, including Dr. Dipak Desai, majority owner of the clinic that caused last year's Hepatitis C outbreak.
Berkley on health care: ‘We need to change our paradigm’: Tuesday, June 30, 2009; Perhaps no proposed legislation would affect more Americans than health care reform.
Authorities raid store where surgeries were performed in back room: Officials alerted after botched surgery; Friday, June 26, 2009; Health authorities today raided two retail stores in Las Vegas catering to Spanish-speaking immigrants after learning of illegal surgeries being performed at one of them, with bloody rags and used needles being tossed into a trash bin out back. The raids, and a cease-and-desist order, were prompted after authorities learned of a woman who was bleeding uncontrollably because of a botched gynecological surgery performed in a back room at Botanica Maya, which sells over-the-counter medications, vitamins and herbs at 5347 E. Lake Mead Blvd. in Las Vegas.
Police release incident report, 911 call in Danny Gans death: Thursday, June 25, 2009; Julia Gans, the wife of Las Vegas entertainer Danny Gans, awoke early on the morning of May 1 to realize that her husband was no longer snoring, according to an incident report released this morning from the Henderson Police Department. At about 6 p.m. the night before she had asked her son to get the entertainer for dinner, but he heard his father snoring and decided not to wake him up. Four hours later she went to the master bedroom and found Gans asleep in bed on his back with his feet slightly elevated, the report indicated.
Cancer institute director steps aside as colleague takes the reins: Wednesday, June 24, 2009; When Dr. Nicholas Vogelzang arrived at the Nevada Cancer Institute in 2004, the organization was little more than a dream. Now as he departs — not entirely by his own choice — he calls his role in creating the institute an “enormous milestone” in his career.
Debate over free clinic in park obscures bigger issue: Tuesday, June 16, 2009; The recent debate about whether a public park is a fitting location for a free medical clinic only teases to the much larger challenge facing the nation: delivering medical care to people without health insurance.
MountainView resists nurses’ organizing bid: Backers of Calfornia-based union say hospital needs minimum staffing requirements; Tuesday, June 16, 2009; After striking a truce with a rival union, the California Nurses Association is expanding its reach in the Las Vegas Valley by trying to organize nurses at MountainView Hospital.
Pot legalization group targets Vegas: Director says Nevada residents are pragmatic about drug; Friday, June 12, 2009; The Marijuana Policy Project has set up its first state chapter in Las Vegas, launching another effort to get voters to legalize pot in Nevada.