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Rare disease has a local face

When Woolwich council proclaimed November as pulmonary hypertension month in the township last month, they probably had no idea a little girl named Ella lives in Elmira with the disease. Nicole Dempsey from Cambridge gave a presentation on pulmonary hypertension, which she suffers from. When Kristen

By Whitney Neilson

Last updated on May 04, 23

Posted on Nov 07, 14

4 min read

Rare disease has a local face
Ella Dorscht is one of only 5,000 people in Canada with pulmonary hypertension, and one of the youngest. She is on oxygen 24/7. Ella celebrates her brother Cameron’s birthday with her dad, Nick. [Submitted]
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Whitney Neilson is a former full-time journalist / photographer at The Observer.

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