CLEVELAND — With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations at record high numbers across the state, Cleveland Clinic has announced that it is extending its postponement of non-urgent surgeries that require a hospital bed in their Ohio locations to January 14.
The postponement was previously set to run through December 31.
Here’s the full statement that 3News received from Cleveland Clinic on Thursday:
Our Ohio hospitals continue to see high volumes of patients hospitalized with COVID-19. In order to make additional beds available, we are extending the postponement of non-urgent surgeries requiring a hospital bed at our Ohio hospitals through Jan. 14, 2022.
It is important to understand that our hospitals and emergency departments remain open to care for our community. Essential and urgent surgeries, as well as cancer, pediatric and transplantation surgeries, and outpatient surgeries not requiring a hospital bed will continue to be scheduled during this time period. We will continue to evaluate our scheduled surgical patients as the pandemic continues.
We continue to urge our communities to take precautions and receive their COVID-19 vaccine, as the majority of our patients hospitalized with COVID-19 are unvaccinated.
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