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Nevada Cancer Institute Layoffs

AIR DATE: April 12, 2011
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The Nevada Cancer Institute slashed half of its 300-member staff on Friday.  The Summerlin institute is $100 million in debt.  We talk to the co-founder and board chairman about the cuts, how it accumulated $100 million in debt, and whether it can still survive in Nevada.
 
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Heather Murren, co-founder, Nevada Cancer Institute
Michael Yackira, board chairman, Nevada Cancer Institute

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