LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Intermountain Health announced the construction of Nevada’s first standalone children’s hospital, officials said Monday.
The hospital will be a more than $1 billion investment into bringing care closer to home for children, officials said.
“No child should have to travel when they’re at their weakest moment and their families are up in arms and are going through such a challenge in their child’s life to have to leave the state to get exceptional care,” said Mandy Richards, president of Children’s Health, Intermountain Health. “Our families in Nevada need care here for their children, and so that is why it’s so important to have for once in a lifetime to have the opportunity to have such an incredible children’s hospital for our kids in Nevada and in Las Vegas.”
Bill and Wendy Hornbuckle were named the chairpersons of Nevada’s Campaign for Kids. Bill Hornbuckle is the CEO and president of MGM Resorts International.
The hospital is set to be built at UNLV’s Harry Reid Research and Technology Park near the 215 and Durango. A groundbreaking date has not been officially set, but officials hope sometime next year.
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