With government orders allowing elective surgeries at government hospitals, patients, especially those who need to undergo operations, have heaved a sigh of relief. Even the number of daily OPD patients at government hospitals has increased recently.

The state government had suspended elective surgeries in government hospitals in August to reduce the chances of people getting infected during hospital visits and to reduce burden on the medical staff who were already handling lots of Covid-19 patients.

With the medical fraternity already divided over the issue of suspending elective surgeries with many among them arguing that elective surgeries are not non-essential services and delaying these for long can lead to the worsening of the condition of patients.

A senior faculty member at Government Medical College stated “In elective surgeries unlike emergency services, the patient normally does have an option to choose the day of his or her admission. But it does not mean that an elective surgery could be put off for long.”

Those who were most affected by the suspended elective surgeries were the ones with dental issues as hospitals were only catering to critical patents.

Owing to the suspension of these services at government hospitals, patients, especially those who could not afford costly treatment at private clinics, had no option but to visit these clinics.

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