‘Operation Walk’ Helps Provide Free Hip, Knee Replacements

[WCCO-TV, June 17, 2014] Michelle Williams’ energy is ever-present. And so was her limp.

The online auction manager never stops moving around her 4,000 square-foot warehouse. But when running her forklift became more than just a pain, Williams realized she needed help.

She needed a hip replacement, but without health insurance for the first time in her life, she didn’t have a way to pay.

That is where Dr. Scott Anseth of Abbott Northwestern Hospital entered the picture.