HAMILTON - Dialysis requires a lot from a patient, especially time. The arrival of a new clinic in Hamilton is saving patients hours in their commute to Missoula so they can receive treatment closer to home.

Claire Ferguson — the Bitterroot Health Dialysis Clinic's first patient — had been driving from Hamilton to Missoula for kidney dialysis treatment since 2018.

"Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and it’s four hours for each treatment, and I'm so thankful they have it open here cause that was a long trip to Missoula three days a week," Ferguson said to MTN regarding her appointment schedule.

The hour-long drive sometimes included dicey road conditions with rain, snow and ice. Since the clinic took her on as a patient on August 30, those days for Ferguson are over.

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