Hospital committing to an elective surgery during pandemic and not performing it – Perplexing!
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December - 2024, Posted On: 01 December 2024
The patient suffered from heart ailments. He was advised to undergo Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (CABG). However, date of this elective surgery given by the hospital was after a long period, and the patient did not want to wait.
He approached a private hospital where the doctors admitted him and fixed a closer date for surgery. Unfortunately, the date coincided with the peak of second wave of COVID pandemic.
While the patient was admitted and pre-surgery investigations were performed, the hospital refused to operate the patient.