elective surgeries

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center announced it will be postponing non-emergent, elective surgeries that require an overnight stay beginning January 3, 2021 citing an increase in patients hospitalized with COVID-19.

Updated: 4:01 p.m., Monday, Nov. 9, 2020 A lack of available staff could greatly impact the care hospitals are able to provide for both coronavirus patients and anyone else in need of hospital services, said Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, incoming chief medical director of the Ohio Department of Health Monday. Hospital challenges have changed throughout the course of the pandemic.

When Gov. Mike DeWine first spoke about lifting the state's stay-at-home orders, he emphasized that coronavirus testing would be a crucial component of…

May 1 marks the beginning of the re-opening of Ohio. It’s a gradual process, but the first step is to once again allow non-essential surgeries that don’t…

People who have put off a medical check-up or procedures due to the coronavirus can begin to make appointments again starting Friday May 1, 2020. There are several changes in store, however, for patients when they arrive for medical visits. The first phase of Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s reopening plan includes allowing elective procedures and in-person doctor visits. Elective surgeries involving an overnight hospital stay are allowed under some specific conditions, such as if the patient is in extreme pain.

Planned Parenthood facilities are reporting a more than sevenfold increase in patients from Texas. The ban was put in place because of the coronavirus but having to travel can increase patients' risk.

The Ohio Hospital Association is putting together a plan to begin allowing some elective procedures as the state looks to a new stage in its fight against…

Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Health director Amy Acton ordered the cancellation of elective surgeries and procedures, with the goal of…

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is ordering abortion clinics to stop all non-essential surgical procedures, prompting criticism from abortion rights…

Ohio's Department of Health has issued a public health order telling medical centers to stop all elective surgeries and other procedures, in an effort to…