Elective surgeries are being delayed again. Doctors want to handle it differently this time
In the past month, Tampa’s BayCare Health System has seen a tenfold increase in Covid-19 patients at its 14 acute care hospitals in central Florida. Expecting this surge to get worse, its executives decided to pause elective surgeries starting Saturday to avoid staffing shortages.
“The last thing we want to do is get into a bind where we’ve got more demand than we have resources and run the risk of patients being jeopardized,” said Glenn Waters, executive vice president of BayCare.
