Hospitals Canceling Elective Surgeries Amid Omicron Surge
(Los Angeles, CA) — L.A. County hospitals are canceling elective surgeries amid the recent surge in COVID cases. Methodist Hospital Senior Vice President Clifford Daniels said it was difficult to find “a warm body” since so many personnel were out sick and unable to work. Around 100 of the Arcadia hospital’s 18-hundred staff were positive for COVID-19. In order to free up available staff, the hospital canceled all elective surgeries. Memorial Hospital in Gardena did the same. This move comes after the California Department of Health allowed COVID-positive healthcare workers to continue working as long as they were asymptomatic.
