VCU Medical Center postpones nonurgent surgeries amid COVID-19 surge

Richmond-based Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center is postponing nonurgent surgeries and procedures that need a hospital bed or donated blood products as it deals with a COVID-19 surge.

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Ninety-five percent of positive COVID-19 tests at the hospital identify the omicron variant, according to a Jan. 3 news release from VCU Health. Many of the COVID-19 patients at the hospital are unvaccinated, VCU Health said.

The hospital and emergency department are still open and will continue essential and urgent surgeries, according to the news release.

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