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Shortage of general practitioners makes it necessary for many physicians to see large numbers of patients every day, a doctor argues in the letter below. He believes a user fee would curb abuses
Shortage of general practitioners makes it necessary for many physicians to see large numbers of patients every day, a doctor argues in the letter below. He believes a user fee would curb abuses

Shortage of general practitioners makes it necessary for many physicians to see large numbers of patients every day, a doctor argues in the letter below. He believes a user fee would curb abuses

Date8/13/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Shortage of general practitioners makes it necessary for many physicians to see large numbers of patients every day, a doctor argues in the letter below. He believes a user fee would curb abuses.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0025672F
Centre of controversy: William Morris, 64, who has been practising naturopathy - nutrition, exercise, vitamins and healthy living - for 35 years is one of 160 licensed practitioners in Ontario the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons wants to put out of business
Centre of controversy: William Morris, 64, who has been practising naturopathy - nutrition, exercise, vitamins and healthy living - for 35 years is one of 160 licensed practitioners in Ontario the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons wants to put out of business
1/31/1986
No tax collector: Dr. Tyrone S. Turner, examining patient in his Parliament St. office, says in letter below that he would refuse to collect a medicare 'user fee.'
No tax collector: Dr. Tyrone S. Turner, examining patient in his Parliament St. office, says in letter below that he would refuse to collect a medicare 'user fee.'
9/17/1981
Flamboyant days of pyramid selling may be over as new regulations-and tougher police action-begin to curb abuses of chain-like investment programs. At(...)
Flamboyant days of pyramid selling may be over as new regulations-and tougher police action-begin to curb abuses of chain-like investment programs. At(...)
11/15/1972
A Sarnia pediatrician convicted of sexually assaulting nurses and patients' mothers over a 16-year period has been ordered not to practise medicine for six months. And Dr. Kunwar Singh, 49, will lose his licence for a minimum 18 months if he's convicted of a similar charge within the next four years, a disciplinary hearing of the College of Physicians and Surgeons has ruled. [Incomplete]
A Sarnia pediatrician convicted of sexually assaulting nurses and patients' mothers over a 16-year period has been ordered not to practise medicine for six months. And Dr. Kunwar Singh, 49, will lose his licence for a minimum 18 months if he's convicted of a similar charge within the next four years, a disciplinary hearing of the College of Physicians and Surgeons has ruled. [Incomplete]
11/27/1991
Ordering wreckers away yesterday fromhis expropriated home (in background), Jack Coltman, 60, argues with William Wasylyk (left), the owner of Lakeview Salvage Co., and Constable John Buchanan. Coltman says he has received no settlement yet for his expropriated property on Balfour Ave. and believes under this condition he can claim new rights under recent provincial expropriation legislation. His home was one of nine expropriated for new seperate school.
Ordering wreckers away yesterday fromhis expropriated home (in background), Jack Coltman, 60, argues with William Wasylyk (left), the owner of Lakeview Salvage Co., and Constable John Buchanan. Coltman says he has received no settlement yet for his expropriated property on Balfour Ave. and believes under this condition he can claim new rights under recent provincial expropriation legislation. His home was one of nine expropriated for new seperate school.
1/3/1969
Dr. Joseph Dawson, registrar of the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons, admits college's patient complaint procedure is unsatisfactory. A doctor's incompetence is now judged by fellow doctors.
Dr. Joseph Dawson, registrar of the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons, admits college's patient complaint procedure is unsatisfactory. A doctor's incompetence is now judged by fellow doctors.
9/23/1970
Policy switch: Health Minister Murray Elston, left, says concern of relatives and medical associations prompted his amendment, but NDP MPP David Reville argues he is ignoring patients' rights
Policy switch: Health Minister Murray Elston, left, says concern of relatives and medical associations prompted his amendment, but NDP MPP David Reville argues he is ignoring patients' rights
12/16/1986
Doctor arrives: Dr. Norman Jones, 68, is welcomed as he makes a house call. Jones who admits he now prefers to see most of his patients in his office,(...)
Doctor arrives: Dr. Norman Jones, 68, is welcomed as he makes a house call. Jones who admits he now prefers to see most of his patients in his office,(...)
4/16/1987
The domestic physician: and traveller's medical companion: compiled from the practice of the most eminent physicians and surgeons viz. Sir Astley Cooper, Sir Henry Halford, Drs. Baillie, Latham ... Birckbeck, &c. &c. for parents and heads of families, for conductors of large establishments; for travellers, &c.
The domestic physician: and traveller's medical companion: compiled from the practice of the most eminent physicians and surgeons viz. Sir Astley Cooper, Sir Henry Halford, Drs. Baillie, Latham ... Birckbeck, &c. &c. for parents and heads of families, for conductors of large establishments; for travellers, &c.
1838
The undersigned practitioners, in the city of Toronto, considering the changes made in the nature of agency business by legislative enactments ...
The undersigned practitioners, in the city of Toronto, considering the changes made in the nature of agency business by legislative enactments ...
1855
Haitians are devout but many of them are simultaneously Christians and practitioners of the art of voodoo
Haitians are devout but many of them are simultaneously Christians and practitioners of the art of voodoo
3/20/1969
Toronto's Oldest Christian Science Church, There are six congregations in Metro, 35 practitioners
Toronto's Oldest Christian Science Church, There are six congregations in Metro, 35 practitioners
4/3/1966