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Mary Rose Blackduck’s journey from Yellowknife to Alberta reveals a harrowing story of delayed diagnosis and systemic gaps in northern healthcare. After years of unexplained symptoms dismissed as stress, she spent nearly $6,000 to get the truth: she has ALS, a cruel disease with a grim prognosis. Frustrated by lack of neurology services in the Northwest Territories — where even basic diagnostics are scarce — she now faces a future of declining mobility and speech, possibly relocating to Edmonton for better care. Her story underscores a broken system, where patients must travel hundreds of miles for answers — and often pay the price.

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