LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Boulder City Hospital will lay off approximately 70 employees and end several services, including stays longer than 24 hours, as it transitions from a critical access hospital to a rural emergency hospital, the facility’s CEO confirmed to FOX5.
On Friday, the hospital notified around 70 employees their positions would be terminated in 60 days.
CEO cites financial pressures
CEO Thomas Maher said the restructuring is driven by financial conditions facing the hospital as a small, independent facility.
“I am sorry for the disruption in the lives of our employees, but it is a necessary evil,” Maher said…