LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Nevada is facing a pressing doctor shortage due to a variety of reasons, including a lack of residency programs, resulting in a brain drain of doctors across the state.
8 News Now looked into what can be done to keep more doctors in Nevada.
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“For a state like Nevada, that has had a population boom, it is a significant problem,” Dean of UNLV’s Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, Dr. Alison Netski, said.
Typically, 70% of physicians stay where they train. However, in Nevada, on average 51% will stay and 49% will leave, according to Dr. Constantine George with Epitomedical…