2026-09-24 from cbc.ca
After nearly three years languishing on the public waitlist for a hip replacement, Cheryl Stewart will finally receive surgery this week.
Stewart told the CBC's The National that her pain wasn't bad at first, but that as time went on, her hip "got 10 times worse,” until she could barely move beyond a short walk from her bed to her kitchen or bathroom.
She's one of the Canadians caught in the crossfire as provinces search for ways to reduce wait times that have been a problem for more than a decade.
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