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He'll be home for Christmas, to stay, if he can, said Toronto heart transplant patient Pietro Ongaro told his wife as he returned to hospital yesterda(...)
He'll be home for Christmas, to stay, if he can, said Toronto heart transplant patient Pietro Ongaro told his wife as he returned to hospital yesterda(...)

He'll be home for Christmas, to stay, if he can, said Toronto heart transplant patient Pietro Ongaro told his wife as he returned to hospital yesterda(...)

Date12/15/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: He'll be home for Christmas, to stay, if he can, said Toronto heart transplant patient Pietro Ongaro told his wife as he returned to hospital yesterday after spending his first weekend at home since operation eight weeks ago.
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Object NumberTSPA_0026444F
Transplant patient makes hearty recovery, Jeff Robinson, right, who was on the operating table two weeks ago to receive the 50th heart transplant at T(...)
Transplant patient makes hearty recovery, Jeff Robinson, right, who was on the operating table two weeks ago to receive the 50th heart transplant at T(...)
Spremo, Boris
6/3/1988
Wesley Behm Heart Transplant Patient
Wesley Behm Heart Transplant Patient
Toronto Star (Firm)
8/1/1989
Liver search: Jim and Christine Eberhardt pose with Jaclyn, left, and Lindsay, in 1984 when they asked the public for help finding a liver for Lindsay's life-saving transplant
Liver search: Jim and Christine Eberhardt pose with Jaclyn, left, and Lindsay, in 1984 when they asked the public for help finding a liver for Lindsay's life-saving transplant
Eberhardt, Lindsay
1/28/1988
Making merry: Ann Harrison of Don Mills, who underwent the world's first successful double lung transplant a year ago, is looking forward to a happy Christmas with her family
Making merry: Ann Harrison of Don Mills, who underwent the world's first successful double lung transplant a year ago, is looking forward to a happy Christmas with her family
Slaughter, Mike
12/17/1987
Not sick enough? Young Lindsay Eberhardt is dying of a rare liver disease, but not on the priority list for a liver transplant. Lindsay's mother, Chri(...)
Not sick enough? Young Lindsay Eberhardt is dying of a rare liver disease, but not on the priority list for a liver transplant. Lindsay's mother, Chri(...)
Eberhardt, Lindsay
3/15/1984
Gabriel Bruce: Boy, 4, was transferred to a new hospital for possible liver transplant
Gabriel Bruce: Boy, 4, was transferred to a new hospital for possible liver transplant
Bruce, Gabriel
9/22/1986
Derek Smith, Kidney Transplant
Derek Smith, Kidney Transplant
Slaughter, Mike
3/31/1990
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(...)
McConnell, Colin
11/3/1983
Bill Blackburn, saved from death by a kidney transplant Oct
Bill Blackburn, saved from death by a kidney transplant Oct
Griffin, Doug
10/6/1969
Snow keeps Gabriel from home. Liver transplant patient Gabriel Bruce, 4, has his bag packed and is anxious to start his journey to a hospital nearer h(...)
Snow keeps Gabriel from home. Liver transplant patient Gabriel Bruce, 4, has his bag packed and is anxious to start his journey to a hospital nearer h(...)
Bruce, Gabriel
11/10/1986
In support: Anne Harrison, who had a double lung transplant four years ago, expresses support for animal research yesterday
In support: Anne Harrison, who had a double lung transplant four years ago, expresses support for animal research yesterday
Power, Peter
4/15/1991
Debbie Burnett: Mom waits for infant's heart transplant in a London hospital
Debbie Burnett: Mom waits for infant's heart transplant in a London hospital
Stawicki, Andrew
5/22/1988