User profile: LVLights

It's really a shame that in this country our society assumes that if you are poor and homeless you must be a criminal. If you are lucky enough to have medical coverage; lucky you. But as a nation we need to start helping others. We have a responsibility as citizens to give back to our community and help others. As a people we are getting very spoiled with the thinking that I've got mine so, you that don't go away. Very often I hear this type of service is very good, but not in my neighborhood. I don't want these people in my neighborhood. I even hear I don't want a church in my neighborhood because I don't want the traffic it brings. So, where would you have these things. As citizens we have a building that happens to be on the edge of a park. Medical care for those who have none. Do the math, you aren't talking about that many people on a daily basis. Brother, help your brother. Help your neighbor. You never know when the tables may turn and you may be next.

Gee, I didn't know that Summerlin is a City with it's own council. Don't want to be associated with Las Vegas? Reminds me back when Green Valley felt the same way about Henderson when it was known as Hooterville.

I find it interesting with the local so called press when a survey shows that something in Nevada ranks at the bottom of the list, it's terrible and should be fixed and government doesn't know what it is doing. When a survey shows something in Nevada ranks at the top of a list (rare) or near to it, it's terrible and government employees are to blame. If the survey shows something in Nevada ranks in the middle, certainly improvement is necessary because government employees certainly are lazy. Private sector is the answer to everything in the eyes of the local press. Right now I don't think the private sector has anything to be proud of given the current mess. Government employees in Nevada are awesome. We do it better with fewer workers. What is it that says Nevada public employee pay and benefits are too high and should be cut. Compared to the private sector? I think that the press, the Chamber and private sector business should look to the low pay and substandard benefits they provide the private secotr employee rather than drag down those public employees who are fairly paid and compensated (teachers being the exception). Maybe the two local papers could even look at improving their own business compared to other papers in this country.

An Arizona Supreme Court Justice once said that an unpaid fine is an un-taught lesson in accountability. It is the responsibility of every citizen to obey the law. Monetary sanctions were established to hold people accountable for their actions. If you think about this article, the issue is not about those responsible people who pay their fines, but about those people who have not been responsible and have outstanding warrants for their arrest. Very often these people are driving with no insurance, no driver's license, suspended driver's license, suspended or expired registration and a host of other traffic violations or crimes. These are people who often have a history of multiple traffic violations and crimes of violence. What it seems this article is saying is these people will be held accountable for their actions and those responsible for creating the problem will pay the expense. This translates into a safer community for all of us.

This is outrageous! What went on in this clinic is something that anyone in their first year of medical school would immediately know is WRONG. It just isn’t done. Not only were they reusing the syringes and the vials, they weren’t even cleaning the colonoscopy equipment properly. This isn’t a lapse in procedure; this was done to improve the bottom line at the expense of the health of these trusting patients and possibly something that could lead to their death. That is called criminal! I’m amazed that for now the line is being drawn at 2004 to 2007. Do you honestly think that these doctor(?) who are so driven by the almighty dollar weren’t cutting corners back in 2000/2001 whenever they first opened? What don’t we know? The facility is not a hospital, it is a clinic, and upon investigation it should have been shut down right then and not just corrects the problem. Was the County Health Department concerned about this so called doctor being so politically connected and I would think wealthy? I have to wonder how they could have gotten away with this for so long. The County Health Department inspects restaurants, does the County Health Department not inspect clinics and hospitals. If they do, they really dropped the ball and I’d like to know why. Maybe we need a change in management and thinking down there in the Health Department since they allowed the citizens of the community to be victimized so they can investigate, while it is as clear as the nose on a first year medical students face what happen. I commend and thank the City of Las Vegas for stepping up to the plate and doing the RIGHT thing by yanking the facilities license. Now when is the County going to step up to the plate and do something about their sister facility on Burnham (in the County), which was also reusing vials as reported in the paper today. Even one life ruined is too much. Not only should the doctors be criminally charged but any of the nurses and anesthesiologist who went along with this stupid policy should be charged. They shouldn’t even be allowed to continue to practice. None of them should be allowed to practice ever again. They can't be trusted. They should publish all their names in the paper so we all know who they are. I don’t know how these people live with themselves. Now I must wait for my results to come back.