New York hospital turns to outpatient orthopedic surgery after final COVID-19 patient discharged

Orthopedic

Cheektowaga, N.Y.-based Sisters of Charity Hospital St. Joseph Campus is making outpatient orthopedic surgery a priority after it discharged its final COVID-19 patient May 18, ABC affiliate WKBW reports.

The hospital also will focus on outpatient gastrointestinal and endoscopy, emergency and rehabilitation services, with its emergency department slated to reopen June 7.

St. Joseph, part of Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health, took a yearlong hiatus from orthopedic surgery after it was repurposed into a coronavirus treatment center at the beginning of the pandemic.

The hospital treated 2,113 COVID-19 patients.

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