{"id":1322,"date":"2023-05-02T09:11:23","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T13:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fhclm.ca\/votre-fondation\/a-la-une\/help-patients-waiting-for-knee-replacement\/"},"modified":"2024-10-29T11:06:29","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T15:06:29","slug":"help-patients-waiting-for-knee-replacement","status":"publish","type":"a-la-une","link":"https:\/\/fhclm.ca\/en\/your-foundation\/in-the-headlines\/help-patients-waiting-for-knee-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"Help patients waiting for knee replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1322\" class=\"elementor elementor-1322 elementor-1319\" data-elementor-post-type=\"a-la-une\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a8d6de e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9a8d6de\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49177ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-template\" data-id=\"49177ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"template.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-template\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"container\" data-elementor-id=\"1976\" class=\"elementor elementor-1976 elementor-1975 elementor-1975\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d2d8451 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6d2d8451\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dd156ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3dd156ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This campaign is over. 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Help us reduce waiting times by funding a revolutionary robot.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e2f827 elementor-align-center elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"9e2f827\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjI2MyIsInRvZ2dsZSI6ZmFsc2V9\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">I'M DONATING<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-722e475 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"722e475\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b734f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b734f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Right now, the hospitalized patients I\u2019m performing knee or hip surgery on have been on a waiting list for almost two-and-a-half years. My day surgery patients have been waiting for a year. <\/p>\n<p>Patients come into my office in tears. Desperate people are selling their cars so they can get the procedure done privately. It\u2019s quick, but expensive. 30 000 Quebecers are waiting for replacements. 9000 have been waiting for more than a year!    <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Please help these patients\u2014they\u2019re at the end of their rope! You\u2019re part of the solution. Will you help us improve their quality of life?  <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Take Denise for example. She\u2019s been waiting for a knee replacement for over a year. She lives alone. She can\u2019t do anything anymore. She\u2019s depressed. She\u2019s in pain, day and night. She falls all the time.      <\/p>\n<p>Your donation today will help us purchase a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">revolutionary<\/span> robot for knee replacement surgery.<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">You\u2019ll be helping us increase<\/span> <span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); text-align: var(--text-align); text-decoration-line: underline;\">the number of surgeries each year. And, thanks to you, knee replacements will be more personalized and precise!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">If you only knew\u2026 Denise is just one example. Some of my patients have difficulty working. Or they can\u2019t work at all and have no way of making a living. They fall into a depression. Some end up divorced. Others take opioids all day.     <\/span><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re working hard to find innovative solutions! We\u2019ve turned many surgeries into day surgeries. We\u2019ve recruited a new surgeon. But there just aren\u2019t enough operating rooms.   <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The robot is one of the elements that could increase our operating capacity!<\/strong><\/span> But robots like this aren\u2019t funded by the government. The public funds aren\u2019t there. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>That\u2019s where you come in!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The distress of patients like Denise is increasing with each passing week. Will you make a donation to relieve their pain? Help them return to a normal life?  <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On their behalf, please accept my sincere thanks.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55558ab elementor-align-center elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"55558ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjI2MyIsInRvZ2dsZSI6ZmFsc2V9\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">I'M DONATING<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f441269 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f441269\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e5ea0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3e5ea0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/fhclm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Signature_DrNguyen-1-150x150.webp\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-2299\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fhclm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Signature_DrNguyen-1-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/fhclm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Signature_DrNguyen-1-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/fhclm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Signature_DrNguyen-1-1024x1024.webp 1024w, https:\/\/fhclm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Signature_DrNguyen-1-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/fhclm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Signature_DrNguyen-1.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cae92ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cae92ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Dr. Hai Nguyen<\/strong><br \/>Orthopaedic surgeon specializing in knee and hip replacement<br \/>H\u00f4pital Charles-Le Moyne<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>30 000 Quebecers are waiting for replacements. 9000 have been waiting for more than a year! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1321,"template":"","class_list":["post-1322","a-la-une","type-a-la-une","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fhclm.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/a-la-une\/1322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fhclm.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/a-la-une"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fhclm.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/a-la-une"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fhclm.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/a-la-une\/1322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fhclm.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fhclm.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}