Canada: My patient suffers from climate change, says doctor

A woman in the Canada was diagnosed as suffering from climate change. Her doctor said rising temperatures, heatwaves in the country and poor air quality were responsible for the worsening of her respiratory problems.

The diagnosis was made by the doctor Kyle Merritt, who works at Emergencies Hospital in her province British Columbia, located in the west of the country, in Pacific Ocean. According to «The Times» its diagnosis is considered to be the first of its kind in the world.

The 70-year-old woman who suffers from asthma, diabetes and had some problems with her heart, lives in the city Nelson, 650 km east of Vancouver. According to the local media, he lives in a caravan, without air conditioning. Last summer the heatwaves dominated the area and record temperatures were recorded.

THE Merit He said that never in the ten years he has been a doctor has he written in a patient’s notes that climate change is responsible for the poor course of his health. “If we do not look at the big picture and just continue to treat the symptoms then we will be far behind and the problems will become bigger and bigger,” he told the network. Glacier Media and continued: “I’m just trying to process what I see.” Hence his call to other doctors in order for them to walk the same path in order to show how much air pollution affects patients and people in general.

The June heatwave was followed by fires in the area that burned large areas in the province of British Columbia creating smog. At the village Lyton recorded the highest temperature in its history Canada with the thermometer showing 49.6 degrees Celsius, before it burns in fires. Recent research has concluded that a heat wave would not occur without human-induced climate change.