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Elective Surgeries Postponed At All NJ Hackensack Meridian Hospitals Amid COVID-19 Outbreak Elective Surgeries Postponed At All NJ Hackensack Meridian Hospitals Amid COVID-19 Outbreak
Elective Surgeries Postponed At All NJ Hackensack Meridian Hospitals Amid Covid-19 Outbreak Hackensack Meridian Health on Sunday postponed all elective surgical procedures for two weeks, starting this Tuesday, following a request from the U.S. surgeon general. “This temporary measure will allow our hospitals to enact preparedness plans we have been developing for weeks to create capacity and continue to deliver high quality care during the anticipated surge in COVID-19 cases,” HMH said in a statement. Hackensack Meridian Health -- which has more than a dozen hospitals in six counties -- began prohibiting visitors, with certain exceptions, at its hospitals and nursing and rehab fac…

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by Jerry DeMarco