'This has given me my life back'

PATIENT'S 'LIFE-CHANGING' HIP-REPLACEMENT OPERATION AT CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL

- By DEBORAH HALL

LYNDON Land is making the most of life at the age of 63 by cycling, walking and gardening - things he could not do a few months ago.

Thanks to the staff at the Day Surgery Centre (DSC) at Castle Hill Hospital, he was able to have a hip replacement, which has enabled him to return to the physical activities he used to love.

Even better, he was in and out of hospital in just nine hours. Mr Land was chosen as the ideal candidate to have this particular surgery done as a day case, as part of a new way of treating patients in the DSC.