The health system postponed some elective procedures last week and is redeploying some staff from its surgery centers to acute care hospitals. The health system:
· Temporarily closed the surgery center adjacent to WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital in Lebanon, Pa.
· Moved some elective procedures from Chambersburg Hospital to Himelfarb Surgery Center in Chambersburg, Pa.
· Lowered elective surgery volume at York, Pa.-based Apple Surgery Center and sending some staff to WellSpan Surgery & Rehabilitation Hospital in York, which the system temporarily converted into an acute care hospital.
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