On a rainy day in January, a bus dropped off brain-injury patient Chester Duhamell in a wheelchair outside a Las Vegas homeless shelter following his discharge from Desert Springs Hospital Medical ...

and even put up two billboards around the Palm Springs area with the words "Keep Desert a Public Hospital! NO SALE!" written.

But sometimes they bring harm. In September 2008, Tyrone Bush underwent quadruple heart bypass surgery at Desert Springs Hospital, but the wounds have not yet healed. The problem is not his chest.

An Arizona man was flown to Desert Regional Medical Center with major injuries in the wake of a three-vehicle collision ...