denied surgery. The Union Ministry said that the current variant of coronavirus has not reported any complication or deaths in patients with Covid-19.
The present data indicates that unlike evidence during earlier Covid surge, with the current variant surgery is safe & not associated with higher chances of complications or deaths in Covid positive patients.
These patients who need surgery need not be denied it: Health Ministry pic.twitter.com/a2Rl7qPMS7 The Centre urged doctors and hospitals to not deny these patients any surgery.
The statement comes as a huge shift from the previous directives during the second and first waves when surgeries on patients infected with the novel coronavirus or the Delta variant is a variant of SARS-CoV-2 would face complications and sometimes subsequent death if operated on.