Successful Implementation of Updated Elective Surgery Protocols

During the month of May, we have been able to navigate the opening of elective Neurosurgery and Spine Surgery safely and patients have had surgeries successfully.

Preoperative testing has been performed for routine testing and also COVID testing. While families are not able to be in the hospital, we provide daily updates on patient condition.

The patients are in separate areas of the hospital from the COVID patients and strict procedures are followed to maximize patient safety.

We are starting elective surgery with resumption of strict adherence to patient safety.

Patients will be tested for infection prior to surgery for their and the safety of hospital staff.

We have already been taking care of all emergency procedures and helping ICU physicians. With this experience, we are well versed on science based safety practices for covid and non-covid infected patients.

Every attempt to safeguard that Neurosurgical and Spine Surgery can be done in this fast changing “new normal” time will be made so that those suffering in pain and neurological impairment can get the attention they have been putting off.