Almost all surgeries postponed because of COVID-19 have now been completed, B.C. health minister says | 24CA News
The B.C. authorities says nearly all surgical procedures delayed throughout 5 waves of the COVID-19 pandemic have now been accomplished.
In a progress report launched Monday, Health Minister Adrian Dix mentioned surgical procedure volumes at the moment are above the place they have been earlier than pandemic started.
“We’re showing that when surgeries are postponed, patients quickly have them rescheduled, and we’re demonstrating the strength of our B.C. surgical system to overcome challenge to get patients the surgeries they need,” Dix mentioned in a news launch.
Scheduled, non-urgent surgical procedures have been first postponed on March 16, 2020, firstly of the primary wave of the pandemic to arrange the medical system for COVID-19 sufferers. They have been paused on subsequent events due to new surges within the illness, excessive climate and workers shortages.
According to the province, as of Nov. 10, 99.9 per cent of 14,783 sufferers whose surgical procedures have been postponed in the course of the first wave and who nonetheless wished surgical procedure have now gone underneath the knife, as have 99.2 per cent of three,166 sufferers delayed in the course of the second and third waves, and 98 per cent of 6,620 sufferers in the course of the fourth and fifth waves.
Halfway by means of the 2022-23 fiscal yr, the well being ministry says 4 per cent extra surgical procedures have been performed than throughout the identical time interval in 2019.
Dix promised that if the current surge in respiratory diseases results in surgical procedure postponements as soon as once more, “we’ll quickly get those surgeries rescheduled.”
