First Nations man conducts own dialysis treatments to avoid move to the city – CBC

Nov 30, 2016

‘First of its kind’ community hemodialysis unit set up in Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug

Steven Chapman admits that conducting his own hemodialysis treatment hundreds of kilometres from the nearest hospital is “kind of a dangerous thing” for him to be doing.

But the 52-year-old prefers the risk to the available alternatives — move to the city or die.

Chapman is from Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug, a remote First Nation in northwestern Ontario. He has kidney disease and requires dialysis treatment to stay alive. Until last February, the closest place to get treatment was 600 kilometres away in Thunder Bay, Ont.

First Nations man conducts own dialysis treatments to avoid move to the city – CBC

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