Orthopedic travel team successfully performs 1st surgeries on Northern Peninsula

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,