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When wildfires threatened dialysis patients in Eeyou Istchee, these 91ÉçÇø docs sprang into action

In the summer of 2023, as forest fires ravaged northern Quebec, a team of 91ÉçÇø nephrologists and healthcare workers faced an unprecedented challenge: how to save the lives of the dialysis patients of Eeyou Istchee (Cree nation) while keeping communities together. We spoke to the three doctors — Rita Suri, Laura Horowitz and Catherine Weber (above, left to right) — who led the charge, and created a robust emergency dialysis strategy out of the crisis. 

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