Governor issues DHM aimed at Nebraska Medicine

Governor Pete Ricketts issued a Directed Health Measure Friday morning ordering Nebraska Medicine to not perform any pre-scheduled, non-emergency surgeries at its Omaha Hospital for a month. 

Nebraska Medicine enacted its crisis standards of the care plan, and it will take effect Thursday morning. 

Patients were advised that while emergency rooms will remain open, the move could prompt rescheduling or postponement of surgeries. 

But Friday's DHM, set to go into effect at 5 PM, orders Nebraska Medical Center to halt Class C, D, and E inpatient and outpatient surgeries, which are pre-scheduled and non-emergency medical surgeries, through February 13th.