Dialysis patient thankful for new Souris unit

The new $300,000 dialysis unit at the Souris Hospital is not only more convenient for patient Nathan Bushey, it feels like a second home.

Three days a week Bushey, who is from Souris, spends four hours at a time receiving dialysis treatment. He calls it a full-time part-time job.

After the unit closed in 2014 due to water filtration system problems, Bushey and the other Souris dialysis patients were forced to travel to Charlottetown for treatment for nine months.

But after the community rallied, the new state-of-the-art unit was built.

It opened in March and will expand later this year to accommodate up to 12 patients a week.

Bushey describes how the unit has improved the quality of his treatment and his life.