Medical Milestone

A medical milestone in northwestern Ontario.

The one thousandth knee replacement has been done atdistrict hospitals in Kenora, Dryden and Fort Frances.

Dr. Porter has been doing the surgeries for the couple ofyears now and its helped reduce the waiting times forthe procedure.

CEO of Lake of The Woods District Hosptial, Marc Belcaensays the waiting list for knee surgeries used to be a couple ofyears, now its just a couple of months.

About one quarter of all knee replacements have been donein Dryden and the rest in the other hospitals across the region.