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Leslie Smoling: Won appeal to treat patients at Woodstock General Hospital.
Leslie Smoling: Won appeal to treat patients at Woodstock General Hospital.

Leslie Smoling: Won appeal to treat patients at Woodstock General Hospital.

Date5/8/1987
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0134091F
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
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
Prescribes no drugs: Dr. Eric Shrubb, president of the Ontario Naturopathic Association, says levels of public health are deteriorating due to overuse of drugs. Shrubb treats patients with vitamins, minerals and herbal remedies.
Prescribes no drugs: Dr. Eric Shrubb, president of the Ontario Naturopathic Association, says levels of public health are deteriorating due to overuse of drugs. Shrubb treats patients with vitamins, minerals and herbal remedies.
12/15/1981
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
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
Abortion doctor: Dr. Robert Scott enters the Harbord St. clinic yesterday, after an appeals court squashed the acquittal of Scott, Dr. Henry Morgentaler and Dr. Leslie Smoling on abortion charges
Abortion doctor: Dr. Robert Scott enters the Harbord St. clinic yesterday, after an appeals court squashed the acquittal of Scott, Dr. Henry Morgentaler and Dr. Leslie Smoling on abortion charges
10/1/1985
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
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
Confronting death: Scarborough Centenary Hospital's palliative care team, formed to help dying patients and their families, includes, from the left, Dr. David Seager, social worker Angela Al-Hillal, nurse Lin Rousseaux, Dr. Joan Jeu and chaplain Thomas Davies.
Confronting death: Scarborough Centenary Hospital's palliative care team, formed to help dying patients and their families, includes, from the left, Dr. David Seager, social worker Angela Al-Hillal, nurse Lin Rousseaux, Dr. Joan Jeu and chaplain Thomas Davies.
4/3/1989
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
9/13/1978
Drug users put in some of Humber Memorial's 22 mental health beds sometimes upset the other patients, says Dr. P. O. Butler, the hospital's chief of psychiartry.
Drug users put in some of Humber Memorial's 22 mental health beds sometimes upset the other patients, says Dr. P. O. Butler, the hospital's chief of psychiartry.
3/17/1971