When a woman showed up at an emergency room in Canada dehydrated and suffering from asthma and diabetes, Dr. Merritt admitted her citing climate change as the underlying cause for her condition. Many perceived it as a first-of-its-kind diagnosis.
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The conference coincided with the first public mention of Merritt’s diagnosis in a news release about a rally the physician-activist group Doctors for Planetary Health was planning in Victoria, British Columbia. A second rally was held in Nelson, Merritt’s hometown. Merritt, whose patient was successfully treated, unaware that her diagnosis had drawn headlines worldwide, said he received some negative phone calls and emails for treating climate change “as a real thing,” but most of the reaction has been positive.
“I feel as health care professionals, as physicians, we need to carry our voice to the policymakers, saying that the climate emergency is a health emergency,” she said.
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