Jaymie Khammay

Dr. Bashir Hamed, a Syrian doctor with battle-tested skills in emergency medicine, makes the difficult decision to flee his country and build a new life in Canada with his younger sister Amira. Bash works to navigate a new environment after earning a coveted residency in the Emergency Department of one of the best hospitals in Toronto, York Memorial.

As a dizzying heat wave hits Montreal and throws the city into a state of general torpor, the residents of the Saint-Henri neighborhood fall prey to events that reason cannot explain.

Dr. Bashir Hamed, a Syrian doctor with battle-tested skills in emergency medicine, makes the difficult decision to flee his country and build a new life in Canada with his younger sister Amira. Bash works to navigate a new environment after earning a coveted residency in the Emergency Department of one of the best hospitals in Toronto, York Memorial.

As a dizzying heat wave hits Montreal and throws the city into a state of general torpor, the residents of the Saint-Henri neighborhood fall prey to events that reason cannot explain.