Travelling orthopaedics program expanding in NL

    Tuesday, 5 September 2023 12:00

    By Tonya Organ

    This builds on the work the travelling team of surgeons has been doing during visits to St. Anthony, which has resulted in patients receiving orthopedic surgery sooner than expected.

    Government has announced a travelling orthopaedics program is expanding to Carbonear to complete surgeries in the region starting September 25th. This builds on the work the travelling team of surgeons has been doing during visits to St. Anthony, which has resulted in patients receiving orthopedic surgery sooner than expected. The program in St. Anthony has the potential to accommodate approximately 140 surgeries annually. Between January and July of this year, 76 surgeries were performed by the team of surgeons travelling to St. Anthony, who would otherwise have to wait to get their surgery in St. John’s.

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