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Hospitals Forced to Put Off Elective Surgeries During COVID Surge
Hospitals across the state are postponing thousands of surgeries while they grapple with the COVID staffing crisis.
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Mass General Brigham Drastically Reducing Surgeries Due to Hospital Bed Capacity, Staffing Crisis
Due to the capacity and staffing crisis, Mass General Brigham is now reducing the number of surgeries and procedures across the healthcare system by more than 2,000 cases per week — or 40% of the system’s total procedures. This comes as local experts say COVID cases have not peaked here in Massachusetts.