BUTTE — Dialysis is critical, life-saving care, but partner that with a medical emergency, and patients in Butte used to have to travel to receive care. Now that’s not the case.

"I was on dialysis for almost three years, and I was able to get a transplant thanks to my generous brother," says Desiree Phillips.

As an organ recipient and the manager of the Intensive Care Unit at Intermountain Health St. James Hospital, Phillips has been on both sides of dialysis treatment. She and a team of nurses recently received training in Utah to provide this service to hospital patients here in Butte.

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"It’s been really rewarding to see the other side of dialysis and bring

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