The health system is postponing procedures because it is “currently experiencing the highest volume of patients with COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.”
Cleveland-based Lutheran Hospital is exempt from the postponement, and nonessential outpatient surgeries will continue at almost all Cleveland Clinic-affiliated ASCs or endoscopy centers.
However, nonessential outpatient procedures will be postponed at Garfield Heights, Ohio-based Marymount ASC. Procedures scheduled at the ASC will be redirected to Garfield Heights-based Marymount Hospital or another Cleveland Clinic location.
Physicians and caregivers from the Marymount ASC will be redirected to Marymount Hospital to expand the hospital’s capacity to treat COVID-19 patients.
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