{"id":93248,"date":"2020-05-15T08:14:45","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T15:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=93248"},"modified":"2020-05-15T08:19:36","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T15:19:36","slug":"palmdale-regional-medical-center-to-resume-certain-elective-surgeries-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2020\/05\/15\/palmdale-regional-medical-center-to-resume-certain-elective-surgeries-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"Palmdale Regional Medical Center  to resume certain elective surgeries Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_88831\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88831\" style=\"width: 864px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88831\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Palmdale-regional-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Palmdale-regional-1.jpg 864w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Palmdale-regional-1-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Palmdale-regional-1-768x412.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-88831\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">[File]<\/figcaption><\/figure>PALMDALE &#8211; Palmdale Regional Medical Center is preparing to perform certain elective surgeries starting Monday, May 18, based on recent guidelines set forth by healthcare and state officials.<\/p>\n<p>The hospital is ready to meet surgical needs but recognizes that people might be concerned about coming to the hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to CEO <strong>Richard Allen.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to assure the public that we are doing everything we can to ensure the health and safety of patients and staff during this challenging time,\u201d Allen said.<\/p>\n<p>The hospital&#8217;s safety protocols include temperature checks and health questions being asked before anyone is allowed to enter the hospital; deep cleaning and disinfection; suspended visitation; and practicing appropriate social distancing. The hospital is also using UV light sterilization as a further method of disinfection.<\/p>\n<p>The surgery teams at Palmdale Regional Medical Center are working with physician offices to accommodate surgeries and procedures that were postponed due to COVID-19, or that may have recently become a health priority. Patients are encouraged to contact their surgeon or physician for more information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe top priority is to ensure that we are providing a safe, quality experience for patients where they can feel protected during their hospitalization,\u201d Allen said.<\/p>\n<h6><em>[Information via news release by Palmdale Regional Medical Center.]<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALMDALE &#8211; Palmdale Regional Medical Center is preparing to perform certain elective surgeries starting Monday, May 18, based on recent guidelines set forth by healthcare and state officials. The hospital is ready to meet surgical needs but recognizes that people might be concerned about coming to the hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to CEO [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":88831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,1499,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93248"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}