Sayre, Pa. – Guthrie hospitals are caring for an increasing number of patients with COVID. Today, 109 patients with COVID are hospitalized at Guthrie’s facilities, 48 of them at Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital. As the number of positive cases in our communities continues to rise, we can expect the number of COVID patients requiring hospitalization to increase as well.
This increase places heavy demands on hospital resources and staff. As a result, Guthrie is postponing select inpatient, non-emergency surgeries.
Non-emergent surgeries are those
that are scheduled in advance because they do not involve a medical
emergency. Postponing some of these surgeries preserves our ability to
provide emergency surgeries and care for patients admitted through the
Emergency Department.
Not all surgeries will be
affected. The surgery schedule will be reviewed two weeks in advance,
and decisions about which surgeries can be safely postponed will
be made in consultation with surgeons. Patients will be
notified when the final decision is made regarding their
surgery.
Urgent and emergency procedures and surgeries will continue at all Guthrie hospitals.
While Guthrie is taking the steps necessary to meet our communities’ health care needs during the pandemic, we ask everyone to partner with us to reduce the spread and minimize the demands placed on our hospitals. Avoid crowds and social gatherings with people who are not members of your household, wash your hand frequently and wear a mask.
