Table 9.

Selected quotes: 2023 NWT wildfire evacuation impacts on healthcare.

Disrupted routine and emergency care	“[A pregnant evacuee] said trying to see a doctor outside the territory was a challenge. Once she was able to do so, she had to pay for routine testing out of pocket”.
Jurisdictional barriers	“I feel like anyone who tries to utilize Alberta mental health resources, then continues that work once we’re allowed to go home, will be at a disadvantage. Yes, on one side they will receive supports for the acute immediate time, but they will have to re-tell and start back at zero with their concerns’.”
	“Some people are believed to have died in other provinces and territories after fleeing due to wildfires in August and September […] ‘Unfortunately those drug-related deaths happened in southern jurisdictions, and there is no mechanism for the coroner of those jurisdictions to share information’”