When Will COVID End in Massachusetts? Hospitals Curtailing Elective Surgeries Starting Friday – NBC Boston
Updated on December 11, 2020 at 11:53 am NBC Universal, Inc. Facing mounting pressure in recent weeks from public health experts and municipal leaders to do more to control the dramatic increase in coronavirus cases that is stressing the health care system, Gov. Charlie Baker announced this week that Massachusetts would tighten some restrictions. Starting Friday, hospitals across Massachusetts will be temporarily curtailing inpatient elective surgeries to make room for a further influx of patients with COVID-19. Baker said Monday that hospitals will limit “elective procedures that can be s...