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Cedar Rapids Hospitals Postponing Elective Surgeries Due To COVID-19

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(Cedar Rapids, IA) -- Cedar Rapids hospitals are postponing elective surgeries because of an increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations. Mercy Cedar Rapids and UnityPoint Health-St. Luke's issued a joint statement today saying they can't handle the increasing patient volume. The hospitals say elective, non-urgent surgeries will be postponed through at least Christmas. They say staff members will re-evaluate the COVID-19 situation on a daily basis.

The hospitals released this statement:

“We are on our fourth wave of COVID-19. Our healthcare teams have been on the frontlines fighting this virus for nearly two years. They are physically and mentally exhausted. As the pandemic lingers, we must emphasize that the path to get past this is through vaccination. Today, we are asking our community to get vaccinated for COVID-19 if you haven’t already. If you have, and it’s been more than six months since you received a Moderna or Pfizer shot or more than two months if you had the Johnson & Johnson shot, schedule a time today to receive a booster vaccination. The virus continues to develop new variants that allow it to transmit easily to the unvaccinated. Because no vaccine is 100% protective, breakthrough cases are also possible when a virus spreads so rapidly among large populations.”


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