By Derek Howard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Gone are the long drives and ferry rides that have become a way of life for those on Christian Island requiring dialysis treatment. And roughly a hundred attendees welcomed the province\u2019s first assisted care home dialysis unit at Beausoleil First Nation Tuesday. \u201cThe dialysis unit here is going to replace the travel and the problems that people were having, going to mainland for dialysis,\u201d said Beausoleil First Nation Chief Joanne Sandy. The six machines located in a renovated house at 20 Gaakan Miikaans was the culmination of a project that began as discussions in the 1990s by island residents forced to endure the imperfect ferry schedule for their travel to Orillia Soldiers\u2019 Memorial Hospital for treatment, often taking eight hours in the process…. <\/p>\n
By Derek Howard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Gone are the long drives and ferry rides that have become a way of life for those on Christian Island requiring dialysis treatment. And roughly a hundred attendees welcomed the province\u2019s first assisted care home dialysis unit at Beausoleil First Nation Tuesday. \u201cThe dialysis unit here is going to replace the travel and the problems that people were having, going to mainland for dialysis,\u201d said Beausoleil First Nation Chief Joanne Sandy. The six machines located in a renovated house at 20 Gaakan Miikaans was the culmination of a project that began as discussions in the 1990s by island residents forced to endure the imperfect ferry schedule for their travel to Orillia Soldiers\u2019 Memorial Hospital for treatment, often taking eight hours in the process.... <\/p>\n