Amid COVID-19 patient crush, OLOL puts 2-week pause on nonemergency surgeries

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To handle a spike of COVID-19 patients, Our Lady of the Lake is temporarily suspending some nonemergent medical procedures so it can free up bed space and staff at the hospital’s main campus, officials announced Wednesday. In a prepared statement, Dr. Catherine O’Neal, OLOL’s chief medical officer, says the hospital has “implemented a two-week pause

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