Chiari Neurosurgical Center

SURGICAL ACTIVITY

SURGICAL ACTIVITY during the Pandemic

IMPORTANT UPDATE

The peak of the contagion for the current wave of COVID-19 has passed. The Hospital is gradually progressing towards normality.

The dates indicated below are likely projections, BUT they are subject to changes, in case of new and unexpected deteriorations.
The process of booking and re-booking for Elective cases is going to re-open soon.

Once the booking process for Elective cases is re-opened, we will re-arrange the surgical schedule, taking in account a number of different variables.

For now, the information below reflects what has been decided as the plan for the weeks ahead.

BETWEEN NOW AND MAY 10th

• Surgical procedures are allowed in only two instances:
• LEVEL 1 - Life and death cases
• LEVEL 2 - Procedures that if not done (or delayed) would result in
• CATASTROPHIC deficits.

 

BETWEEN MAY 11th and MAY 31st

• The Hospital will gradually reopen the surgical activity for:
• Ambulatory Surgery
• Urgent cases
• Cancer surgeries
• (none of these categories applies to the patients of our Center)

 

ON JUNE 1st:

• The Hospital will reopen for Elective activities, including:
• All the Surgeries of our Center
• All the Invasive procedures of our Center
• All the procedures performed within the Invasive Radiology suite for our Center