The St. Tammany Health System says it will temporarily pause performing some elective surgeries beginning today.
Officials announced the policy following the admittance of more than a dozen new COVID-19 patients over last week.
All elective surgery requiring an overnight stay will be postponed until coronavirus cases drop again.
Administrators say outpatient procedures that do not require a hospital stay will proceed, and emergency inpatient procedures will also continue.
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