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March 9, 2022

Knees and France

Sometimes you just shake your head....

Yesterday I had cause to explore knee-replacement surgery in Nova Scotia. The government of that province offered these statistics:

May be an image of text that says "SURGERY CONSULT NOVA SCOTIA 90% of people served within 387 days NOVA SCOTIA 90% of people served within 622 days"

So roughly one year to see a consultant, and another year for the actual surgery. If you’re our age those are pretty distressing numbers.

Out of idle curiosity I asked people on Strictly Santé France Facebook group how long the wait was between being approved for replacement, and having it done:

Whoa! So what exactly are the French doing that Canada chooses to ignore?

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