Millions of surgeries cancelled worldwide due to Covid-19


Surgeons and an anaesthesiologist in full protective gear preparing to operate on a Covid-19 patient at a hospital in Moscow, Russia. Most non-emergency surgeries have been cancelled worldwide due to the Covid-19 pandemic. — Bloomberg

Over 28 million elective surgeries across the globe could be cancelled as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic – leading to patients facing a lengthy wait for their health issues to be resolved, a new study reveals.

The CovidSurg Collaborative has projected that, based on a 12-week period of peak disruption to hospital services due to Covid-19, 28.4 million elective surgeries worldwide will cancelled or postponed in 2020.

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