Knee replacements, heart procedures, hernia operations among ‘elective surgeries’ canceled

Knee replacements, heart procedures, hernia operations among ‘elective surgeries’ canceled

Hospitals don’t have space for non-COVID patients to recover from surgeries because of the surge of unvaccinated patients. Pat Dooris shares the stories of some of the patients who have been waiting months for their procedures — only to have them postponed, sometimes multiple times.

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