New Hip Fracture Unit to be Established at St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital

The Department of Health and Community Services has announced a new hip fracture unit is being established at St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital.

The new unit will help reduce the current surgical backlog and surgical wait times in the province.

Currently, patients with hip fractures can be admitted to any surgical floor in the hospital. Establishing the new 12-bed dedicated hip fracture unit at the hospital will ensure health care professionals will be able to provide best practices for patients recovering from hip surgery in one unit rather than multiple areas of the hospital.

NL Health Services anticipates approximately 530 hip fractures to occur in the province by the end of the year. This number is estimated to increase to 800 annually due to an increase in the average age of residents.