The health system will start rescheduling nonemergency surgeries that require inpatient or overnight beds Nov. 9. The procedures will be rescheduled until at least Nov. 20, according to the report.
The hospitals affected include three St. Louis-based hospitals — Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Christian Hospital and Missouri Baptist Medical Center — and Memorial Hospital Belleville in Illinois.
Read the full report here.
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