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Arnold Hedstrom of Whitehorse plans to fork out $30,000 for private hip-replacement surgery, rather than spend "a significant chunk" of his remaining life on a hospital wait list.
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Orthopedic surgeons say wait times for joint replacement surgeries have increased. Yukon's health minister says she's working with them and the hospital corporation to fix them.