The move is in response to an increase of COVID19 patients being admitted to the hospital
Leamington's Erie Shores HealthCare has postponed all non-urgent medical services.
According to Wednesday's release, the hospital made the "difficult but necessary decision" as the number of patients being admitted for treatment due to COVID-19 continues to climb.
The hospital will be postponing non-urgent, pre-scheduled elective surgeries starting on January 4, 2021.
Surgeons will review procedure that fall after the deadline to determine their level of priority and will inform patients accordingly.
Non-urgent diagnostic imaging studies will not be scheduled at this time and patients will be notified if a previoulsy scheduled imaging study needs to be deferred.
Windsor Regional Hospital announced the postponement of its non-emergency services Tuesday that will also go into effect on January 4, 2020.