Last week there was a video feed about a surgeon in Ontario who specializes in hip surgeries. They timed the length of his hip surgeries, and on average he can do one in 35 minutes. For the day of the taping he did 14 hip surgeries in one day, and all patients were discharged from the hospital that same day. His arguments are that hip surgeries can be done quicker, but there has to a dedicated surgical team, and the use of efficiencies in the OR to cut down on time spent in the OR. And I am sure they do the hip replacement surgery for less than $ 18, 000. I will try and find that video and post it in the next day or two.
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