Judi Campbell, at home in Northfield with her husband, Don, has put off hip surgery because of money worries.
(Nancy Palmieri for The Boston Globe)
Waves of suffering
Patients struggle on without surgery; hospitals feel pinch
Judi Campbell, at home in Northfield with her husband, Don, has put off hip surgery because of money worries.
(Nancy Palmieri for The Boston Globe)
Judi Campbell inches along at work with the help of a walker. Degenerative arthritis has ruined her hip and ravaged much of her body, so she takes prescription painkillers every four hours to cope. (Full article: 877 words)
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