What you should know:
1. Mr. DeWine met with a clinician group April 15 to discuss elective procedures. He banned elective procedures to conserve PPE and keep surgery centers free to serve as potential care sites during the COVID-19 pandemic. If the clinician group can present a plan to conserve PPE, Mr. DeWine would consider lifting the ban.
2. Elective procedures in the state have been banned since March 18.
3. State Rep. Nino Vitale, R-Urbana, said because surgery centers haven’t been needed to house COVID-19 patients and the COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t endangered the state’s PPE stockpile, the ban on elective procedures should be lifted as soon as possible. His comments were echoed by several other state legislators.
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