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Surgeons Seeking Dedicated Facility for Hip and Knee Replacements in Metro as Wait Lists Continue to Grow - VOCM

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Orthopaedic surgeons are calling for “urgent action” to address wait times for hip and knee surgeries and they’re calling for a dedicated centre to cut down on wait times. Surgeons in the health authority’s eastern urban zone say some 2,800 patients are currently on the wait list for hip and knee surgery, and there are concerns that that number could rise to 6,100 by 2030. The surgeons say the wait time for patients to see a surgeon is about 18 months, while the average wait time for surgery is more than two years. That means the total wait time from referral to surgery is closing in on four years for patients living with pain and disability.(File Photo from 2023: Dr. Will Moores with former Premier Andrew Furey.)Chief of Orthopaedics for the Eastern Urban Zone Dr. William Moores says the system in the metro region has a maximum capacity of approximately 1,000 joint replacement surgeries a year. He says rather than asking orthopaedic patients to fit into a system designed around competing hospital priorities, consideration must be given to designing a system around the orthopaedic patient.

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