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VANCOUVER The record number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 has prompted the provincial government to postpone 1,750 non-emergency surgeries in Lower Mainland hospitals as staff are re-tasked to care for patients in “surge capacity” beds. This comes as the Ministry of Health and Vancouver Coastal Health repeatedly deny CTV News requests for information on the number of surgeries already postponed or cancelled. Fraser Health’s president was more forthcoming, estimating that health authority has postponed 50 to 70 non-emergency surgeries thus far. Starting next week, nine hospitals in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley will reassign staff typically tasked with performing surgeries to caring for COVID-19 patients, whose beds may be placed in any spare hospital space available. According to frontline workers, that could be anywhere from hallways to even shower rooms.