Peats Ridge

August 13, 2021

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“I first met the Fisherman when a doctor referred him to me as he was agitated and the medical supports were not alleviating his concerns,” Denis says. “He became a palliative patient when his condition deteriorated quite quickly and there had to be hospital care for him, which he was not expecting.