Some doctors recommend seniors delay non-emergent surgeries until COVID vaccinations
VIDEO: Some doctors recommend seniors delay non-emergent surgeries until COVID vaccinations By Kaitlin Stansell | January 29, 2021 at 5:32 PM EST - Updated January 29 at 7:28 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Many Lowcountry seniors who are eligible for the COVID vaccines report they are overwhelmed by the process to get an appointment, and some have even had to put off needed surgeries while they wait to get the vaccine.
However, more resources are becoming available to help them.
Don Tompkins said his doctor recommended he delay his hip replacement surgery until he could get a COVID vaccine, but he said he’s really struggled through the process because of all the technological skills needed to make an appointment online.