It was a Thursday morning in April and Dr. Richard Bochinski was starting the fourth of seven surgeries and 20 medical appointments scheduled that day in the small hospital of a central Alberta town.
The podiatrist was correcting a condition called hammer toe that can cause pain and difficulty walking. He sliced into a long bone in the foot then threaded a guidewire to direct the screw that would help straighten the bent joint.
At the end of the typically busy day, the doctor drove two hours from the hospital in Vermilion, Alta., to his home in Edmonton. The next morning, he’d
