Surgery suspended to prepare for more beds

NON-urgent surgery has been suspended in public hospitals across regional Victoria as stage three coronavirus restrictions came into force.

Victorian health minister Jenny Mikakos said to ensure hospitals had the beds, equipment and staff they needed to continue the fight against coronavirus, the Victorian Government would pause all category 3 and non-urgent category 2 elective surgery in regional Victoria.

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