Canadians, get ready to wait for hip, knee or cataract surgery

Canadians who are getting into the years when they’re more likely to need a hip or knee replacement or cataract surgery may find they’re going to have to wait — and in B.C. that wait is likely to be even longer.
According to new data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information, more patients were waiting longer than the suggested wait period in 2017 than they did in 2015.
Data shows an upward trend in how often all three procedures were performed in Canada over the past