NEWS ALERT: Another botched surgery by Dr. Michael Bradford, announced online on 09/26/2025. He will not respond or help the patient.
DANGER. BE WARNED. DO NOT GO TO SUNRISE HOSPITAL. CHOOSE A BETTER HOSPITAL. DO NOT USE DR. MICHAEL BRADFORD OR NEVADA ORTHOPEDIC & SPINE CENTER.
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Sunrise Hospital reviews, news, patient stories and images
Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center in Las Vegas, owned by HCA Healthcare.
Get the facts to help you make informed decisions.
Helping you make informed decisions
This website provides news, reviews, patient stories and images to help Las Vegas residents and visitors make informed decisions about Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, located at 3186 S Maryland Parkway, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Todd Sklamberg is the CEO of Sunrise Hospital, and Sherrie Somers is the Chief Medical Officer.
The Internet is a big place, and there are a lot of fake reviews and misinformation which make it difficult to make informed decisions about whether Sunrise Hospital is the right choice for you. Estimates show that up to 42% of positive reviews are fake.
We are bringing together information that is posted in the public domain and presenting it in a concise, organized format.
All of this information was found in the public domain.
We hope the information on this website will help you make informed decisions about whether Sunrise Hospital is the right choice for you.
Important notes:
- If you have a botched surgery or serious medical problem caused by a doctor or hospital, learn Who to Call. We have provided a list of elected officials, news outlets, reporters, medical organizations, government agencies, and other entities you can contact. We have also included email addresses for some of the leadership people at HCA Healthcare and Sunrise Hospital.
- Beware of Nevada Orthopedic & Spine Center which includes Dr. Michael Bradford and his partners. The office and the individual doctors have low ratings and a lot of negative reviews.
- Learn about botched surgeries, complaints, lawsuits and negative reviews involving Dr. Michael Bradford at Sunrise Hospital. Read some of the stories by patients who have been harmed by Dr. Bradford.
HCA Healthcare Owns Sunrise Hospital
HCA Healthcare owns Sunrise Hospital. The corporate headquarters are located in Nashville, Tennessee, and the CEO is Sam Hazen.
In 2024, HCA made nearly $5.8 billion in profits and spent $6 billion on stock buybacks to make its wealthy shareholders even richer.
If HCA can afford to pay its CEO $23 million in compensation and $6 billion on stock buybacks, it can afford to treat all of its workers with the respect and dignity they deserve."
The Frist family is the largest shareholder of HCA Healthcare. Thomas F. Frist Jr. and his immediate family saw their personal wealth increase from $7.5 billion on March 18, 2020 to $15.6 billion on March 8, 2021, an increase of $8.1 billion or 108 percent (more than doubled their net worth during the first year of the pandemic), according to an analysis by the Institute for Policy Studies.
- Learn more about how COVID-19 was a big moneymaker for corporations and billionaires.
In a March 9, 2021, report by the Institute for Policy Studies, they estimate the combined net worth for the extended Frist family at $22.37 billion. The list of family members includes: Thomas Frist Jr, his brother William Harrison Frist, his daughter Patricia Frist Elcan, his son Thomas F. Frist III, and his other son William Robert Frist.
According to a report by SEIU, there have been multiple fraud investigations and settlements against HCA Healthcare (for more than 20 years), showing HCA has a history of engaging in alleged fraud to maximize profits and that federal and state governments and other stakeholders must take steps to increase scrutiny on for-profit healthcare corporations like HCA.
Lawsuit against HCA's Mission Hospital
This is one example of HCA's view of whether quality care is necessary.
In December of 2023, Medicare notified HCA that conditions at the hospital “posed immediate jeopardy to patients’ health and safety.”
- An immediate jeopardy finding is the most serious sanction a hospital can receive. Mission faces a Feb. 24 deadline to provide CMS with a plan to correct deficiencies or lose its Medicare and Medicaid funding, which would threaten the hospital’s financial viability.
In a lawsuit filed against HCA that same month, the North Carolina Attorney General, said his office had received "hundreds of complaints from patients, physicians, nurses, and others about the quality of care since HCA’s takeover of the six-hospital system in western North Carolina."
In the Answer filed by HCA's lawyers, they bragged that "HCA never promised to provide quality health care," The contract to purchase that hospital was “silent as to the quantity or quality of services required.”
“The contractual language, as well as the underlying negotiations, demonstrate that Mission’s Hospital Service Commitments are not promises to meet subjective healthcare standards,” as stated in the filing by HCA's attorneys.
This case sums up HCA's position regarding whether quality care is necessary.
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Important tips about Sunrise Hospital
We are providing facts about Sunrise Hospital and comments for you to consider to help you make informed decisions about whether Sunrise Hospital is the right choice for you and your loved ones.
- Sunrise Hospital is rated only ONE STAR by Medicare (out of 5 stars) which tells you a lot because Medicare has patient data.
- On Yelp, Sunrise Hospital has more than 750 reviews, with an average rating of 2.1 stars (out of 5 stars). That says a lot.
- If you are thinking about going to Sunrise Hospital, read the negative reviews. It is estimated that approximately 42% of positive reviews are fake.
- If you must go to Sunrise Hospital, DO NOT go alone. Take a family member or friend who can watch over you and speak up to ensure you are not ignored or mistreated.
- Read the stories about patients who have been harmed at Sunrise Hospital, especially the most recent story about Patient-1 who was harmed during a botched surgery by Dr. Michael Bradford on June 17, 2025. It is a horrifying story. Learn what you can do to prevent this from happening to you and your loved ones.
- The U.S. Department of Justice reached a settlement with Sunrise Hospital regarding the hospital's violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The agreement was announced on September 26, 2025. Learn more about it in the section on Litigation and the story of Patient-15. Sunrise Hospital is required to comply with ADA rules, provide training about the ADA to their employees, and send periodic reports to the DOJ. If you see Sunrise Hospital violating the ADA rules, contact the Nevada DOJ office immediately.
- Sunrise Hospital employees joined the Union. They have been asking for better pay and better working conditions due to "a crisis of severe turnover and burnout." They reached a contract agreement with HCA Healthcare on October 6, 2025. It will be a nice pay increase for the employees, but it will do nothing to improve patient care. The culture has been ingrained for too many years, and a pay increase will not change the culture.
- Search for news articles and social media posts about Sunrise Hospital. The media rarely tells you about bad patient experiences at Sunrise Hospital, but you can find a lot of information on social media.
- If you have previously contacted the media about a bad experience at Sunrise Hospital and wonder why they will not help you, learn how corporations control the news. The media will often decline to publish -- or are prohibited from publishing -- a news story about big corporations due to pressure from those entities or the secret rules about protecting them.
- Sunrise Hospital has armed guards and metal detectors and an intensive security process. You will have your picture taken and wear an ID badge, and you might be patted down (even if you arrive in an ambulance or on a gurney).
- Some health insurance plans (for example, Health Plan of Nevada, and Sierra Health and Life Insurance) force you to go to Sunrise Hospital. That is the only choice they allow. Why do you think they do that?
- Many hospitals enter into exclusive contracts which allow for "closed departments" where they engage in arrangements with just a few chosen physicians. Other doctors say these arrangements violate due process rights, constitute a breach of contract and are anti-competitive. It seems this practice of exclusive contracts could be another reason why it is difficult to get doctors to move to Nevada.
- Read about the $200 Million jury verdict against Sierra Health and Life Insurance for refusing to pay for lung cancer treatment.
- Read the story of Patient-1 to learn about the "rules" in the Las Vegas medical community that allow the surgeon who harmed you to keep control of you and your body, how there is a secret "overflow list" if your surgery goes badly and you need a new surgeon, and the problems with the referral process.
- If your condition is not life threatening, consider going to a primary care doctor or Urgent Care.
- Most importantly, take pictures and videos of everything and record conversations. Nevada law says you can record "in-person conversations" if at least one party consents (that one party can be you).
REMINDER: You can choose to leave a hospital. Just ask for the AMA form (AMA means "against medical advice.") Comments posted on review websites have stated that Sunrise Hospital will try to force you to stay using scare tactics such as telling you that insurance won't pay if you leave. If you are not getting proper medical care or are being harmed or threatened, YOU CAN LEAVE SUNRISE HOSPITAL and go to a better hospital (or go to your primary care doctor or urgent care, depending on your medical situation).
Joint Commission on hospital accreditation will be evaluating Sunrise Hospital
The Joint Commission is a national organization involved in accreditation of hospitals throughout the United States.
In 1996, the Joint Commission adopted a Sentinel Event Policy.
- A Sentinel Event is a patient safety event that reaches a patient and results in death, severe harm (regardless of duration or harm), or permanent harm (regardless of severity of harm).
Some healthcare professionals use Never Event and Sentinel Event interchangeably.
Joint Commission will be evaluating Sunrise Hospital
There is an announcement on the website for Sunrise Hospital that the Joint Commission will be conducting an unannounced survey of Sunrise Hospital to evaluate the organization’s compliance with nationally established Joint Commission standards.
The survey results will be used to determine whether, and the conditions under which, accreditation should be awarded the organization.
Please help the Joint Commission conduct a thorough evaluation of Sunrise Hospital. It is time to share your stories about the inadequate treatment you received at Sunrise Hospital.
To submit your story to the Joint Commission, go to the “Report a Patient Safety Event” link on the Joint Commission website.
Baby suffered catastrophic brain injury at Sunrise Hospital
We are posting Patient Stories. The story about this baby with catastrophic brain jury is provided as Patient-2.
Young mother dies after being discharged in unsafe condition
We are posting Patient Stories. The story about this young mother who was discharged from Sunrise Hospital in an unsafe condition is provided as
Patient-3.