Cookeville Regional Medical Center is suspending overnight elective surgeries starting July 13.
This comes in response to a fifth COVID-19 related death Thursday morning. Overnight elective surgeries will become available again when COVID-19 cases begin to significantly decrease.
“We are making this change to open up more hospital beds as we continue to see the number of COVID-19 patients increase in our community,” CRMC CEO Paul Korth said in a press release.
Korth said anyone in need of medical care should not delay out of fear of the virus. He said the hospital and emergency room are safe as a result of strict protocols to prevent any viral spread.
“We have seen the number of positive COVID-19 patients sharply increase over the past several days,” Korth said. “We now have 18 positive patients in the hospital with 30 other patients in the hospital on isolation awaiting COVID-19 test results. This is the hightest number of patients we’ve had in the medical center to date due to COVID-19. Limiting the spread within our community is key.”
CRMC suspended all elective surgeries in March, and resumed surgical procedures in May.
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