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ALS patient dies alone after paying $84K US to a Sask. facility

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A 70 year old American woman — died alone in a Montana hospital  Susie Silvestri put her home up for sale so she could afford to come to a private, unregulated health centre in Moose Jaw. She eventually was forced to flee Canada after falling through gaps in Saskatchewan’s health care system. The CBC’s investigative reporter Geoff Leo shares Susie’s story.


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ALS patient dies alone after paying $84K US to a Sask. facility

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