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St. Lawrence County hospitals may soon resume elective surgeries

Posted 4/22/20

St. Lawrence County hospitals may soon be able to resume elective surgeries. Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office has announced that the restriction is lifted in counties with lower rates of COVID-19 …

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St. Lawrence County hospitals may soon resume elective surgeries

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St. Lawrence County hospitals may soon be able to resume elective surgeries.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office has announced that the restriction is lifted in counties with lower rates of COVID-19 infection.

Hospitals will be able to resume performing elective outpatient treatments on April 28, if the hospital capacity is over 25 percent for the county and if there have been fewer than 10 new hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients in the county over the past 10 days, according to the governor’s office.

If a hospital is located in a county eligible to resume elective outpatient treatments, but that hospital has a capacity under 25 percent or has had more than 10 new hospitalizations in the past 10 days, that hospital is not eligible to resume elective surgeries. If a county or hospital that has resumed elective surgery experiences a decrease in hospital capacity below the 25 percent threshold or an increase of 10 or more new hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients, elective surgeries must cease, Cuomo’s office said.

Further, patients must test negative for COVID-19 prior to any elective outpatient treatment. The State Department of Health will issue guidance on resuming elective surgeries, Cuomo’s office said.

Restrictions on elective surgery will remain in place in Bronx, Queens, Rockland, Nassau, Clinton, Yates, Westchester, Albany, Richmond, Schuyler, Kings, Suffolk, New York, Dutchess, Sullivan, Ulster, Erie, Orange and Rensselaer counties as the state continues to monitor the rate of new COVID-19 infections in the region.

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