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UMC, owned by Clark County, is the region's only public hospital.
UMC has set up a hotline. Call 691-0772 if you have information regarding the possible leak of patient information, or if you are a former patient who has received unsolicited contact from an attorney's office.
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University Medical Center, which is Clark County's only publicly funded hospital.
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