(CNN) When the patriarch of a Boston-area family was diagnosed with stage 3 pancreatic cancer, the family was told he needed to start treatment immediately. But at the first oncology appointment at Newton-Wellesley Hospital earlier this month, the family was told he couldn't have the procedure right away, the man's son-in-law told CNN affiliate WBZ . The surgery would have to wait up to two weeks. A surgical gown shortage -- one that's affecting the whole country. Cardinal Health, a large manufacturer of surgical gowns, told customers this month to stop using its Level 3 surgical gowns, along with the procedural packs that contain the gowns.

Source: CNN January 22, 2020 23:48 UTC