As a public service during this time when Providence Alaska Medical Center says it is in crisis and may have to decide which patients live or die, Must Read Alaska is providing a list of the surgeries, mostly elective, that will be done at the hospital daily, so readers can understand the usage of services at the hospital and plan their lives accordingly.
Oct. 7 scheduled surgeries included these, a few of which are for weight reduction:
Flank Excision Neoplasm
Open Hernia
Roux en Y
TMA
Endo x 6
IHR
Gyn Sling
Dx lap with pos orchiopexy
Bronch VATS
Robot endometriosis
Lap hyst
Robot hyst
GU ureteroscopy/lith
TuRBT x 2
Cysto with bladder fulg
Frontal external ventricular drain
Closure ASD x 2
Cv ablation afib x 2
ICD implant and ablation x 2
CV stent
ECT x 5
Lap hyst
Multiple teeth extractions x 2
Lap HH/Nissen F
D&C
Lap Roux en y
Lap sleeve gast
Lap chole
Right arm washout
Thoracotomy
IHR/pedi circ
Endo x 3TH revision
CS x 1
