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Orthopedic travel team successfully performs 1st surgeries on Northern Peninsula

January 31, 2023 sNawaWebs.ADV

A shot of surgeons holding instruments near a patient. — In an effort to tackle Newfoundland and Labrador’s backlog of orthopedic surgeries, the provincial government announced a new strategy of sending out travel teams in November. (Oleg Ivanov IL/Shutterstock)

An orthopedic travel team performed its first surgeries on Newfoundland’s Northern Peninsula last week, as part of an ongoing effort to address surgical backlogs in the province.

The team, led by Eastern Health’s head of orthopedics, Dr. William Moores, travelled to St. Anthony on Jan. 22 to perform 11 joint replacements over five days at the Charles S. Curtis Memorial Hospital.

While the number of surgeries performed might not seem significant,

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Watch what it was like to ride out Cyclone Hale in a tent on the Coromandel Peninsula

January 22, 2023 sNawaWebs.ADV

As Cyclone Hale battered the upper North Island, Anna Gregg and her family were hunkering down in their tent on the Coromandel.

Before it hit, they had two choices – leave as soon as they arrived at Hahei Beach or set up and ride it out.

They chose the latter.

After surviving two wild nights and plenty of rain, Gregg says they’ll leave the cyclone camping experience as a “once in a lifetime experience”.

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