UNLV’s nascent medical school has a place to call home after clearing one final bureaucratic hurdle to claim a spot inside the Las Vegas Medical District.

Future medical students attending the UNLV School of Medicine most likely will be training and learning in the heart of the Las Vegas Medical District.

UNLV’s budding medical school is closer to getting a home in the Las Vegas Valley’s medical district.

Doctors call it the golden hour. That’s the first 60 minutes after a person suffers a traumatic injury — maybe from a car accident, gunshot wound or fall — when prompt medical care can save a life. In other words, seconds matter.

A $3 million grant announced Tuesday by the United Health Foundation will go toward building up a crucial hands-on training program at the upstart UNLV School of Medicine.

Community leaders, UnitedHealth Group executives, UNLV leadership, and health care professionals attended a special event Tuesday to announce a multi-million dollar grant from United Health Foundation to the UNLV School of Medicine.

You could excuse UNLV Founding Medical School Dean Barbara Atkinson if she was feeling a bit giddy today. $3 million will do that to you.

A grant is nudging the nascent UNLV School of Medicine closer to its fundraising goals.