Staff at a hospital are feeling proud after carrying out its first-ever joint replacement procedure as a day surgery. Martin Ford, a 70-year-old from Newton-in-the Isle near Wisbech, could not fully use his right arm or shoulder for more than a year but, thanks to the staff at Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital, he has been able to have surgery to correct this and go home the very same day. The procedure, which took place on April 10, is a pilot for the hospital’s trial to introduce this practice. Mahendar Bhat, consultant shoulder and upper limb surgeon at the QEH, said: “We are very pleased to …
