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First for TGH

First for TGH

Date12/6/1984
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Original Toronto Star caption: First for TGH: Delighted mom and dad; Lorna and Felix Lobo show off newborn David; the first 'testtube' baby born at Toronto General Hospital. Everyone was so delighted; that the hospital staged a fulldress press conference to herald David's arrival. . . an event which he very sensibly slept through.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0025675F
Teamwork: Dr. David Jewer, left, a plastic surgeon from Toronto General Hospital, joined TGH plastic surgeon Dr. Brain Boyd, centre, and Sick Children(...)
Teamwork: Dr. David Jewer, left, a plastic surgeon from Toronto General Hospital, joined TGH plastic surgeon Dr. Brain Boyd, centre, and Sick Children(...)
4/21/1987
TGH director: Dr. George Steiner will present results of a 10-year study on cholesterol this week.
TGH director: Dr. George Steiner will present results of a 10-year study on cholesterol this week.
4/7/1984
When you're smiling, Despite impending knee surgery, Steve Podborski still managed to smile at a Toronto General Hospital media conference. He was accompanied by TGH's Dave Allan
When you're smiling, Despite impending knee surgery, Steve Podborski still managed to smile at a Toronto General Hospital media conference. He was accompanied by TGH's Dave Allan
3/5/1963
First paramedics
First paramedics
4/9/1984
A Canadian first
A Canadian first
8/6/1983
Jack Tootill holds a nuclear-powered heart pacer like the one, Canada's first, he received in an operation yesterday at Toronto General Hospital. It'll last 10 years
Jack Tootill holds a nuclear-powered heart pacer like the one, Canada's first, he received in an operation yesterday at Toronto General Hospital. It'll last 10 years
10/9/1973
Communicating is bliss: Andrew Spencer, 5, has learned to communicate for the first time through a Blissymbol board
Communicating is bliss: Andrew Spencer, 5, has learned to communicate for the first time through a Blissymbol board
4/15/1984
New beginning: John Adams, 37, of Thunder Bay, the first person to undergo a heart-lung transplant in Canada, shows his new fitness as fiancee Joan Lainen looks on
New beginning: John Adams, 37, of Thunder Bay, the first person to undergo a heart-lung transplant in Canada, shows his new fitness as fiancee Joan Lainen looks on
11/3/1983
Wrapping Gifts for Christmas, Ivana Bianchet, 13, will be able to eat cake for the first time since she received a new kidney in a joint operation wit(...)
Wrapping Gifts for Christmas, Ivana Bianchet, 13, will be able to eat cake for the first time since she received a new kidney in a joint operation wit(...)
12/9/1971
Thunder bay (CP) - John Adams, the first person to undergo a heart and double lung transplant in Canada, died Tuesday at a London, Ont., hospital. Ada(...)
Thunder bay (CP) - John Adams, the first person to undergo a heart and double lung transplant in Canada, died Tuesday at a London, Ont., hospital. Ada(...)
11/3/1983
Kidney recipient has baby, One of the first kidney-transplant patients in Canada to have a baby, Grace Covert of Barrie, proudly shows her husband, Do(...)
Kidney recipient has baby, One of the first kidney-transplant patients in Canada to have a baby, Grace Covert of Barrie, proudly shows her husband, Do(...)
7/31/1975
Kent Lunginbuhl first started thinking about giving his brother, David, a kidney six years ago when he discovered David had a chronic kidney disease. (...)
Kent Lunginbuhl first started thinking about giving his brother, David, a kidney six years ago when he discovered David had a chronic kidney disease. (...)
5/31/1978