direct to your inboxGreater Manchester's hospitals are at risk of 'falling over' in the next three weeks due to an 'unprecedented' surge in Covid cases, the region's health chief has warned - meaning cancer operations are very likely to be cancelled.Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, Sir Richard Leese, leader of Manchester City Council, painted a bleak picture of the next few weeks in our hospital system, pointing to a 'phenomenal' increase in admissions as medics brace for the third wave peak.To cope with the influx of patients, health bosses will likely have to boost intensive care beds and find staff from other departments, including medics like anaesthesiologists, who carry out cancer operations.This means cancer operations.