After facing heavy financial losses, hospitals can resume elective surgeries, Newsom says

California hospitals are ready to allow elective surgeries again, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday, in his first move to slowly loosen statewide restrictions addressing the coronavirus pandemic. The governor said hospitals are ready to resume their surgery schedules, now that California has attained its goals in surging hospital capacity. That surge was made possible both through hospitals that were asked to increase their capacity by 20% and the arrival of field hospitals, like Sleep Train Arena,…