Saskatchewan has longest waits in Canada for hip and knee replacement surgeries
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A Saskatchewan NDP health critic says the province not only has the longest wait times in Canada for hip and knee surgeries, it ranks well below other jurisdictions.
A Saskatchewan NDP health critic says the province not only has the longest wait times in Canada for hip and knee surgeries, it ranks well below other jurisdictions.
Matt Love, who is the rural health critic for the Opposition party, pointed to recent data by the Canadian Institute for Health Information that showed median wait times for knee replacements was 467 days in Saskatchewan last year.
Manitoba came in second-last for knee replacements at 336 days, while the wait times in most of the remaining provinces ranged from 210 days to 284 days. Ontario had the shortest waits at 117 days.
"We're not even in just last place, we're in a category all our own, way at the bottom," Love said Thursday.
"And these aren't just numbers, these are Saskatchewan people, people who are waiting in pain for procedures that should have been delivered months ago."
Love also pointed out in the recent data that median wait times for hip replacements were 309 days in Saskatchewan last year.
Alberta and New Brunswick tied for second-last on hip replacements at 232 days. Ontario had the shortest waits at 108 days.