What you should know:
1. Despite the return of some procedures, hospital CEO Russell Meyers said the department was still more than a month away from being fully restored.
2. The hospital wants to take a slow and steady ramp-up to resuming procedures on a specialty-by-specialty basis.
3. Mr. Meyers said he doesn’t want the elective procedures to overwhelm social distancing expectations and wants to continue preserving personal protective equipment.
4. COVID-19 is expected to peak in Texas in mid-April. He added that the models assume social distancing protocols are followed through at least May.
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