B.C. emergency department head blames 'climate change' for patients health problems - Victoria Times Colonist

B.C. emergency department head blames 'climate change' for patients health problems - Victoria Times Colonist

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  The head of a Nelson, B.C., emergency department says it's time doctors start looking at the underlying cause of medical conditions triggered by smoke and heat
  

"Dr. Kyle Merritt, head of the emergency room department at Kootenay Lake Hospital in Nelson, B.C., says he is seeing first hand the effects climate-driven heat and wildfire smoke are having on his patients.
...The head of the hospital’s emergency department, Merritt could see the aggravated toll the extreme heat took on patients battling multiple health problems at once, often with little money.
...As global heating takes centre stage in Glasgow this week, Merritt and about 40 other nurses and doctors are taking their concerns to Nelson’s city hall...Read all.