This name is still reflected today in the name of the Merrittville Highway (Niagara Road 50), which served as the primary north-south route in central Niagara before the construction of Highway 406. Welland gained its present name when it was incorporated on 24 July 1858. It became a city in 1917.
For baby boomers, it seems that joint replacements are as prevalent as iPods are for teenagers. About 500,000 knee replacements and more than 175,000 hip replacements are performed annually, and those numbers are on the rise.
30,970 transplants were performed in 2015 â the first year we have exceeded more than 30,000 transplants. Each day, about 80 people receive organ transplants. Of these recipients, the breakdown of ethnic backgrounds includes: In 2015, about 63% of organ recipients were male; 37% female.