People on wait lists for important surgeries may be able to get them in the province sooner than expected, as the province is adding 200 more hip and knee surgeries this year, Health, Seniors and Long-Term Care Minister Uzoma Asagwara announced today. She also said the province has completed 800 already this year at Selkirk Regional Health Centre.
“The results in Selkirk speak for themselves,” said Asagwara. “Eight hundred additional hip and knee surgeries have meant hundreds more Manitobans getting care sooner and spending less time waiting in pain. By expanding this program and adding capacity across the province, we’re helping even more patients regain their mobility, independence and quality of life.”
Asagwara also said that a new record of 7,056 hip and knee replacement surgeries were completed across Manitoba in 2025, the highest annual total on record adding that nearly 70 per cent of joint replacements are now performed as outpatient procedures, allowing patients to recover at home while freeing up hospital capacity for additional surgeries.
