35 New York Counties To Resume Elective Outpatient Treatments

Several Hudson Valley counties were given the approval to resume elective outpatient medical procedures Wednesday while more progress needs to be made in other areas to get the same clearance. Dutchess, Putnam, and Ulster Counties all may resume services while Westchester, Rockland, and Orange Counties aren't there yet.

According to Johns Hopkins Medical Center, elective surgery is one that can be scheduled in advance. It could be a surgery you've chosen to have for a better quality of life but is not a life-threatening condition that can include things like hernia or cataract surgery. Facelifts, liposuction and anything that can be done to improve a patient's appearance is also considered elective.

The counties that can resume elective outpatient surgeries as of Wednesday are:

Allegany
Broome
Cattaraugus
Chautauqua
Chenango
Delaware
Dutchess
Essex
Franklin
Fulton
Genesee
Herkimer
Jefferson
Lewis
Livingston
Madison
Monroe
Niagra
Oneida
Onondaga
Ontario
Orleans
Oswego
Putnam
Saratoga
Schoharie
Schuyler
St. Lawrence
Steuben
Sullivan
Tompkins
Ulster
Wayne
Wyoming
Yates

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