Tonga targets up to 100 hip and knee replacement surgeries next year after historic Vaiola programme

'Limping around, no treatment': Whanganui-led team performs Tonga's first joint replacements

A five-person volunteer surgical team from New Zealand is completing the first joint replacements for Tongans in their own country this week. Tongan general...

Tonga targets up to 100 hip and knee replacement surgeries next year after historic Vaiola programme

Tonga is planning to perform up to 100 hip, knee and other joint replacement procedures next year after the country’s first arthroplasty programme at Vaiola Hospital successfully put its first patient back on her feet and home within days. The breakthrough follows the arrival of a volunteer specialist surgical team from New Zealand to perform […]