An Edmonton woman who is in the queue for an orthopaedic surgery is relieved that Alberta Health Services (AHS) will soon be resuming some elective procedures.
The province’s relaunch plan will see AHS start up some elective procedures on May 4 as restrictions in the province ease during the COVID-19 pandemic. “I know it’s not been easy for them to have their surgeries postponed,” AHS President Dr.
Verna Yiu said on Thursday. “The type of surgeries we’re looking at, as I said, are going to be the scheduled day surgeries.
So, for example, we know our two biggest wait lists are cataract surgeries and some of the orthopaedic surgeries, so those are some that will be on the list.” More surgeries will be rolled out as the province approaches