Lewis Kaplan of the Perelman School of Medicine said it makes sense that the CDC has recommended postponing elective surgeries. “It frees up beds and equipment and also frees up clinicians,” he said. “If you are not using the anesthesiologist or nurse or the [gastrointestinal] suite, or the [intensive care] suite nurse, they can be recast as you need if you have large scale influxes of patients.”

March 20, 2020 ・ From ABC News