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.
Statistics. 1  139,999 liver transplants from 1988 through 2015. 2  14,794 currently on waiting list for a liver transplant; 121,302 currently on the waiting list total. 3  Due to the organ shortage, over 6,000 precious lives are lost just in America each year. 4  In 2015, 359 liver transplants were made possible by living donors.