According to Baylor Scott & White Medical Center –
Hillcrest, in-patient elective surgeries are postponed until further notice.
By: Austin
Walker Posted at 6:01 PM, Aug 16, 2021 and last updated 12:27
PM, Aug 17, 2021
WACO, Texas — According to Baylor Scott
& White Medical Center – Hillcrest, in-patient elective surgeries are
postponed until further notice.
This is just another Central Texas
hospital making these tough decisions because of the COVID-19 surge.
Elective surgery is a non-essential
procedure, like a knee replacement. Central Texas saw this same decision months
ago when things took a turn for the worse.
In an email Monday morning, Megan
Snipes with Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Hillcrest said the
hospital is "postponing in-patient elective surgeries and
procedures."
Last week, Baylor Scott & White
also reported they will also cancel non-essential surgeries.
"That's impacting your grandmother
who has a bad hip that needs replacement and can't walk around because of the
pain, but we have to postpone that," said Dr. Stephen Sibbit, chief
medical officer of Baylor Scott & White.
Dr. Sibbit said, like Waco, it comes
down to staffing.
"The ORs have a lot of people and
we are freeing up doctors and nurses to help care for these COVID patients that
are coming into our building," said Dr. Sibbit.
Without elective surgeries, money
moving into the hospital is at a standstill affecting frontline workers.
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center
– Hillcrest officials said emergency surgeries will move forward. Cases
involving cancer and cardiovascular procedures will proceed.
EDITOR'S NOTE: A previous version
of this story stated "all"elective surgeries. Baylor Scott & White
made a correction on their statement to "in-patient" elective
surgeries.
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