Birmingham, Ala.-based UAB Hospital cancelled and rescheduled nonemergency elective surgeries requiring hospitalization due to the influx of flu cases, reports WBRC.
The rescheduling affects patients who had a nonelective procedure scheduled for Thursday and Friday this week. The hospital will still perform all urgent and same-day procedures.
Hospital officials will reevaluate the decision to suspend surgeries to determine if more surgeries will need to be postponed on additional days.