Hmm. That sure is weird!
MA hospitals are “full,” but MassGeneralBrigham is running TV ads trying to get people to come for routine and elect
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*routine and elective care.
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Other disease processes are still happening, and those patients need to get taken care of. At this point my hospital (similar size and level of acuity compared to MGH / BWH, just less pretentious) is still doing operations that don't require an overnight stay (for example, gall bladders, hernias, thyroids, most breast cancers) or sometimes just a night or two (for example, joint replacement, bigger hernia repairs, colon cancers, etc). It's not unreasonable. Still doesn't mean you can have forty people at Thanksgiving.