Promise History
2.12.11 - “[A]dditional capacity will also be added across other sites in the province to enable more orthopedic surgeries.”
22-Sep-2023
A unit allowing hip and knee replacement surgeries was opened in a hospital near Fredericton. Since 368 new patients will normally benefit from an operation each year, we will see an increase in orthopedic interventions in the province.
“Following the successful launch of knee replacement surgeries, the surgical team at Horizon’s Upper River Valley Hospital (URVH) is now improving access for orthopedic surgery patients who have been waiting for a new hip.
Total hip replacement surgeries are now being performed by Horizon surgeons and staff at URVH, who will see their first three patients today.
Expanding joint replacement surgery at this facility to include total hip replacements will help serve up to an additional 368 patients a year for a hip or a knee replacement surgery from the Fredericton and Upper River Valley areas, reduce wait times, and improve the patient experience”
15-Jan-2023
The Horizon Health Network does have plans to increase orthopedic surgery capacity at various hospitals across the province. The earliest that these new units will be built is the spring of 2023.
Horizon puts $6.4M into strengthening surgical services at 5 community hospitals
17-Dec-2020
“The official opening of the new facilities of the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont UHC took place today via streaming video on the Network’s website and Facebook page. […] More specifically, the new space includes 10 operating rooms, a recovery room, a day surgery and short surgical stay centre, medical and surgical intensive care, the sterilization department, the physiotherapy and occupational therapy sectors and a future receiving area.”
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