Singapore hospitals resume elective surgery deferred due to Covid-19, take steps to cut duration of stay

Hospitals had first deferred non-urgent or elective procedures in February 2020. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, March 26 (The Straits Times/ANN): Non-urgent elective operations that were deferred during the pandemic have resumed in the past year as the Covid-19 situation here improved, said the Ministry of Health (MOH).

Hospitals cut back on elective procedures amid an increase in Covid-19 hospitalisations caused by the BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said in July 2022.