There are 3,000 people waiting for hip and knee surgery and 4,000 cataract surgeries waiting to be done.
There are 3,000 people waiting for hip and knee surgery and 4,000 cataract surgeries waiting to be done. Yesterday, Health Minister Tom Osborne gave an update on Health Care Action dealing with 32 recommendations of the surgical backlog task force. Cassis Chisolm is the Vice President – Transformation (Health Systems), Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services. She says the work has already started. A task force was created a year ago to determine how to reduce the backlog for surgeries and they have 32 recommendations which government will implement over the course of the next two years. Osborne says they are developing a centralized list of all surgical rooms to match with availability. Other recommendations included repurposing underused beds in care homes for non-surgical patients to free up beds in acute care, a sixth operating room at the Janeway Children’s hospital.
Corner Brook issues advisory ahead of winter weather on Wednesday
Food drives during Christmas help stock the shelves for the year at the Bay of Islands Foodbank
32nd annual Tree of Memories celebration this week, in support of Western Regional Hospital Foundation
Corner Brook mourns the loss of long time and well known volunteer Gladys Batten
Driver pulled over in Corner Brook Saturday evening, no insurance or registration
