Elective Surgery May Be Delayed as NSW Hospital System Overwhelmed

A health-care worker transports a patient at the Humber River Hospital in Toronto on Dec. 9, 2020. The Canadian Press/Nathan Denette

Australians may have their elective surgeries cancelled in the state of New South Wales (NSW) as hospitals struggle to cope with COVID-19 hospitalisations.

NSW Health Deputy Secretary Susan Pearce on Friday said that whether the government will turn non-urgent elective surgeries back on in NSW is “highly dependent with what happens with respect to hospitalisations.”