Ban on elective surgeries lifted

Ban on elective surgeries lifted

DOCTORS━ AND NURSES ARESTARTING TO PERFORM ELECTIVESURGERIES AGAIN.

AS PART OFOUR REBOUND MARYLAND SERIES━WMAR 2 NEWS' MARK ROPER TALKEDWITH HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATORSTO FIND OUT HOW THAT'SWORKING..

HE'S LIVE OUTSIDESINAI HOSPITAL IN NORTHWESTBALTIMORE.

MARK━ THE BAN ONTHOSE ELECTIVE SURGERIES HASBEEN LIFTED..MANY HEALTHCARE WORKERS HAVEBEEN OVERWHELMED BY TPANDEMIC WHILE OTHER MEDICPROCEDURES WERE PUT ON HOLD.BUT NOW THAT DOCTORS ARESTARTING TO PERFORM ELECTIVESURGERIES AGAIN IT DOESN'TMEAN EVERYTHING IS BACK TONORMAL INSIDE HOSPITALS JUSTYET.

FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS━MOST HOSPITAL PROCEDURES WERELIMITED TO URGENT OR EMERGENCYCARE DURING THE STATE OFEMERGENCY.

BUT NOW━ THATSURGEONS ARE READY TO STARTPERFORMING ELECTIVE PROCEDURESAGAIN━ HOSPITALADMINISTRATORS HAVE TO BE EVENMORE MINDFUL OF THEIR SUPPLIESOF GLOVES━ MASKS AND OTHERPERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENTOR PPE.

AS WELL AS THEAVAILABILITY OF ENOUGHOPERATING ROOM STAFF━ SINCEMANY NURSES━ AND TECHSCURRENTLY DEPLOYED TOINTENSIVE CARE FOR COVI━19WILL BE NEEDED BACK IN ━R.LIFEBRIDGE HEALTH CHIEFCLINICAL OFFICER━ DR.MATTHEW POFFENROTH EXPLAINSHOSPITAL OFFICIALS ALSO ARECONCERNED ABOUT SERVING TBACKLOG OF PATIENTS.

We aren'tback to 100 percent capacitywith our operating rooms, fora variety of reasons, we'regradually going towards thatdirection but we're not thereyet, and so we obviouslywouldn't prioritize a very,purely elective procedure oversomething that was more urgentLATER THIS HOUR━ WE'LL HEARWHAT PATIENTS CAN EXPECT TOHAPPEN WHEN THEY DECIDE TORESCHEDULE THEIR ELECTIVESURGERY THAT WAS PUT ON HOLDBY COVI━19.

LIVE IN NORTHWESTBALTIMORE━ MARK ROPER━WMAR 2 NEWS.MARYL