Doctor diagnoses patient with "climate change" over breathing problems
- A doctor finds that his patient has "climate change"
- A bizarre diagnosis occurred in Canada
- The doctor's patient had trouble breathing
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Dr. Kyle Merritt was working between a record-breaking wave and wildfires when he encountered a 70-year-old patient with deteriorating health conditions. He then identified climate change as an important reason for the decline in his health.
A Canadian doctor found a woman with "climate change" after arriving at a hospital with respiratory problems.
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Dr. Kyle Merritt has reached an unprecedented conclusion after discovering that the recent heat and bad weather in Nelson, British Columbia, have contributed to the deteriorating health of the 70-year-old man.
It just so happens that a doctor and his colleagues working in the emergency department at Kootenay Lake Hospital were facing an increasing number of patients in June due to the worst weather over the years.
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Dr. Merritt found that the present condition of the 70-year-old was deteriorating after examining it in late summer.
He told Glacier Media: “You have diabetes. She has a heart problem… she lives in a cart, she has no fan.
“All her health problems have worsened. And you really strive to stay hydrated. ”
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