Perinatal outcomes in NV suffer from too many NICUs, lack of collaboration, legislators told

By: April Corbin Girnus

Outlets: Nevada Current

Published: February 18, 2026

Words: 1,196

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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A maternal-fetal expert wants Nevada to rethink its more-the-merrier approach to neonatal intensive care units.

Dr. Brian Iriye, the managing physician at the High Risk Pregnancy Center in Las Vegas and a past president of the national Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine, on Tuesday told state lawmakers on an interim legislative committee on health that Southern Nevada’s perinatal health care system has a “major, major problem.”

Clark County has nine hospitals that have labor and …

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