Woman frustrated by hip replacement delay at Edmonton hospital – Edmonton [Video]

A woman who is still waiting to find out when her hip replacement surgery will be scheduled at Edmonton’s Royal Alexandra Hospital — even though it was already supposed to be complete — said she is feeling overwhelmed with frustration.

Collette Smith said she spoke to a surgeon in May who gave her an idea of what kind of timeline she should expect as she continues to experience mobility issues.

“The surgeon saw me and said that he wanted me through in six to eight weeks,” she told Global News on Thursday, noting that even though it’s now mid-October, she still has not been given a date.

“There’s a lot of things that I’d like to do (like) walking around and going to a park here in town, to walk around and enjoy the fall leaves. I don’t do that.”

Smith’s procedure is one of a number of elective orthopedic surgeries that have …