Patient Stories at NNMC
Patients share their experiences about their care at Northern Nevada Medical Center:
J-me
J-me started experiencing stomach pain, so she visited the ER at Spanish Springs for help. Bloodwork indicated her appendix was the probable culprit and that she would need to have it removed. She was transferred to Northern Nevada Medical Center where she underwent successful surgery.
Louis
Louis had pain in his chest that wasn't going away. He went to ER at McCarran NW where he was diagnosed with acute chest pain and acute coronary syndrome. He was transferred to Sierra Medical Center where Interventional Cardiologist Devang Desai, MD, FACC, FSCAI, placed a stent in his heart.
Jennifer
Jennifer was having breathing issues, and blood tests showed that she needed an emergency CT scan because of elevated numbers. She went to the ER at Spanish Springs for a CT scan and the team found a large blood clot in her leg. She was then transported to Sierra Medical Center for emergency surgery.