A number of admissions and surgical procedures were postponed at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary yesterday due to a higher than usual demand for services.
NHS Grampian said the decision to put back certain elective, non-clinically urgent procedures was made yesterday.
However, urgent and emergency procedures were not affected.
In January, a total of 73 theatre operations were postponed due to capacity or non-clinical reasons at ARI, out of a total of 1,248 scheduled.
A spokesman for NHS Grampian said: “We can confirm that ARI experienced a higher than usual demand on services yesterday.
“As a result, the decision was taken yesterday afternoon to postpone some elective, non-clinically urgent procedures.
“Hospital services do experience unexpected peaks in demand at various points throughout the year, and postponing non-urgent, elective procedures is one way that we are able to safely ensure emergency capacity remains unaffected.”
NHS Grampian apologised for any inconvenience caused by the postponements.
Surgical procedures postponed at ARI as health chiefs struggle to cope with demand
