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Riverdale Hospital director Alex S. Brown is concerned about effect on patients of turning Don Jail (in background) into pet centre
Riverdale Hospital director Alex S. Brown is concerned about effect on patients of turning Don Jail (in background) into pet centre

Riverdale Hospital director Alex S. Brown is concerned about effect on patients of turning Don Jail (in background) into pet centre

Date9/13/1978
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He thinks kids are wonderful, and that was one reason 82-year-old pensioner William Brown walked into the Hospital for Sick Children yesterday and gave away $5,500 in $10 and $50 bills to buy special treats for patients.
He thinks kids are wonderful, and that was one reason 82-year-old pensioner William Brown walked into the Hospital for Sick Children yesterday and gave away $5,500 in $10 and $50 bills to buy special treats for patients.
3/13/1970
Robert Stephens cosults with a patient in his office. During one weekend, Dr. Stephens talked by phone with 40 patients, was six in his office, visited eight at home and three in hospital, all at about a $3 hourly rate. Not rapacious for overtime work, he says.
Robert Stephens cosults with a patient in his office. During one weekend, Dr. Stephens talked by phone with 40 patients, was six in his office, visited eight at home and three in hospital, all at about a $3 hourly rate. Not rapacious for overtime work, he says.
1/16/1973
New lab: Dr. John Shea, radiology director at Centenary, displays the new equipment. The lab will save Scarborough patients from travelling to hospitals in other parts of Metro.
New lab: Dr. John Shea, radiology director at Centenary, displays the new equipment. The lab will save Scarborough patients from travelling to hospitals in other parts of Metro.
10/15/1987
House of fear: The St. Thomas Psychiatric Hospital houses patients judged not guilty of violent crimes by reason of insanity. Hospital administrator Bob Cunningham, inset, is striving to quiet fears of residents opposed to the release of patients into the community.
House of fear: The St. Thomas Psychiatric Hospital houses patients judged not guilty of violent crimes by reason of insanity. Hospital administrator Bob Cunningham, inset, is striving to quiet fears of residents opposed to the release of patients into the community.
7/16/1988
Tokenism feared: Former psychiatric patients Don Weitz and Carol Stubbs, top photo, worry that patients in institutions won't be told they can vote.
Tokenism feared: Former psychiatric patients Don Weitz and Carol Stubbs, top photo, worry that patients in institutions won't be told they can vote.
4/26/1985
On the Job: Dr. Mory Gutman saw patients as usual at his office in the Toronto General Hospital yesterday because all the doctors at the clinic had decided earlier to put their patients first and boycott the doctors' walkout.
On the Job: Dr. Mory Gutman saw patients as usual at his office in the Toronto General Hospital yesterday because all the doctors at the clinic had decided earlier to put their patients first and boycott the doctors' walkout.
4/27/1982
My friend, Fluffy: I love this cat, says Sunnybrook Medical Centre patient John Brisbois, who was part of a hospital experiment that welcomes pets as therapy for older patients
My friend, Fluffy: I love this cat, says Sunnybrook Medical Centre patient John Brisbois, who was part of a hospital experiment that welcomes pets as therapy for older patients
12/1/1982
Their marriage in crisis, a young couple are looking for advice from Dr. Ernest Moss, director of the Ontario Centre for Personality Development. Dr. Moss thinks that the confusion men and women have about their roles today causes problems in some marriages. The women's liberation movement has made some women more sexually aggressive and the effect can cause the husband to become temporarily impotent, the psychological says.
Their marriage in crisis, a young couple are looking for advice from Dr. Ernest Moss, director of the Ontario Centre for Personality Development. Dr. Moss thinks that the confusion men and women have about their roles today causes problems in some marriages. The women's liberation movement has made some women more sexually aggressive and the effect can cause the husband to become temporarily impotent, the psychological says.
1/29/1975
Space-age x-ray: Dr. James Dickie, head of radiology at Scarborough General Hospital, studies an X-ray as the hospital's new Angicon unit scans a patient's blood vessels. The unit could save the lives of many Metro seniors.
Space-age x-ray: Dr. James Dickie, head of radiology at Scarborough General Hospital, studies an X-ray as the hospital's new Angicon unit scans a patient's blood vessels. The unit could save the lives of many Metro seniors.
12/14/1982
Dr. Ian Dube, director of the first cancer cytogenetics program in Canada, and senior technologist Sandra Johnson, look at lab results from leukemia patients.
Dr. Ian Dube, director of the first cancer cytogenetics program in Canada, and senior technologist Sandra Johnson, look at lab results from leukemia patients.
1/16/1987
Kidney specialist Dr. Paul Tam vowed to bring a $1 million kidney dialysis unit to Scarborough after Gary Belz died of a heart attack due to kidney failure more than two years ago. Tam said if Belz, then 37, hadn't had to wait a month for dialysis treatment at a downtown hospital, he would still be alive today. And Tam said the dozens of patients who travel downtown for dialysis would have a much, much better quality of life if a unit were Scaborough. But after [Incomplete]
Kidney specialist Dr. Paul Tam vowed to bring a $1 million kidney dialysis unit to Scarborough after Gary Belz died of a heart attack due to kidney failure more than two years ago. Tam said if Belz, then 37, hadn't had to wait a month for dialysis treatment at a downtown hospital, he would still be alive today. And Tam said the dozens of patients who travel downtown for dialysis would have a much, much better quality of life if a unit were Scaborough. But after [Incomplete]
11/24/1986
Disturbing Ailment: Dr. Harvey Moldofsky often sees patients with restless legs syndrome at Toronto Western Hospital's sleep disorders clinic.
Disturbing Ailment: Dr. Harvey Moldofsky often sees patients with restless legs syndrome at Toronto Western Hospital's sleep disorders clinic.
11/16/1989