SSM Health rescheduling some elective procedures during Covid surge

SSM Health hospitals are rescheduling some elective procedures during the Covid-19 surge, a release from the hospital system said Wednesday. It will be done on a case-by-case basis and comes as SSM is reallocating staff to help with the increase in patients as Covid cases continue to climb in the St. Louis area. “Before the most recent surge in Covid-19 cases, we were already seeing exceptionally high volumes in our ministries,” said Jeremy Fotheringham, SSM Health St. Louis regional president,…