Beginning Dec. 13, surgeries that can wait four to 12 weeks or longer will be reviewed and potentially canceled at the Hixson-Lied Center and C.L. Werner Hospital, both in Omaha, the hospital told KETV.
The hospital will expand operating room capacity at the Fritch Surgery Center and Bellevue Medical Center.
Nebraska Medical Center told KETV the number of patients admitted with COVID-19 had “steadily increased” over the last several weeks, and many workers were not present due to COVID-19 exposure.
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