The number of elective surgeries postponed at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Adelaide’s north-west continues to climb due to an ongoing problem with air-conditioning.
A total of 90 procedures had been postponed by Wednesday afternoon but that number has since grown to 110.
Urgent category one elective surgeries have been transferred to the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH).
Central Adelaide Local Health Network chief operating officer Todd McEwan confirmed a technical fault had occurred in some operating theatres.
“Air-conditioning in the emergency operating theatre is functioning and all emergency surgeries are going ahead,” he said.
The issue followed a similar air-conditioning fault that happened about two weeks ago.
It resulted in 100 non-urgent elective surgeries being postponed and emergency surgery cases being transferred to the RAH.
Technicians were working to fix the problem and it is hoped surgeries can resume next week.