Vancouver hospital's spinal cord stimulator gives patient new lease on life

Vancouver hospital's spinal cord stimulator gives patient new lease on life

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Sean Forsberg is the first person in Canada to receive the latest evolution in spinal cord stimulator implants. And he got the implant in Vancouver's St Paul's Hospital. Angelina Ravelli reports.

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