After Maui's deadly fires, one doctor hits the road to help those in need

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Doctor Reza Danesh is known around Maui as just Dr. Rez.

He spent two decades in emergency medicine — a dozen on Maui. A few years ago, Dr. Rez opened a storefront clinic and outfitted a van as a mobile office.

His clinic is called MODO which stands for Mobile Doctor. The specialty - urgent care. He makes house calls and offers free medical care through his nonprofit MODO for the People.

Since the fires his work has been all the more important.

"So anybody that can afford to come to a clinic or have that access to a clinic and we go out to help them and that came in clutch during this disaster," Danesh said, "Because I literally thought I was just going there to check out the scene and write some prescriptions, treat some burns or wounds or respiratory issues. And then I realized Lahaina was basically hit with like a nuclear bomb."