Hospitals Cancel Elective Surgeries Amid Coronavirus Outbreak05:28

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Many hospitals around the country are canceling elective surgeries during the coronavirus outbreak at the recommendation of the U.S. surgeon general and American College of Surgeons.

Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson talks with Dr. David Hoyt, executive director of the American College of Surgeons, about qualifies as an elective surgery and why he thinks it's important to cancel them.