Getting basic medical care in Alaska can be a big problem, as most communities are not well-connected by roads.
The local government’s Medicaid programme does assist with costs, but budget cuts are putting patients’ lives at risk.
Al Jazeera’s Heidi Zhou-Castro reports from the village of Newtok.
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