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

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.

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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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