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Local patients are expected to benefit with the expansion of the spinal surgery program.
The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre has partnered with Lake of the Woods District Hospital to bring the service to Kenora.
The move will ensure local patients receive surgical care and successfully recover closer to home and help eliminate COVID barriers such as travel, accommodation and care-giving.
Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr. David Puskas says working together has enabled patients suffering from spinal injury to receive surgical care and successfully recover closer to home.
Dr. Travis Marion adds it’s better for patients, the family who are looking after them and the recovery process.
Spinal surgeries are now being conducted at the Lake of the Woods District Hospital in Kenora. (File photo)
KENORA – Kenora-area residents now have a chance to access spinal surgery closer to home, thanks to a new partnership between the Lake of the Woods District Hospital and the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre.
Multiple patients have already undergone orthopaedic procedures in Kenora, the hospitals reported in a joint release Monday.
The expansion of services comes through the TBRHSC’s Regional Surgical Services program, which has also seen partnerships created with Dryden Regional Health Care and Riverside Health Care in Fort Frances since launching in 2016.