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Drug mix-up: These two drugs in identical vials were at Raymond Whitbread's beside and a nurse told the baby's inquest yesterday that she handed the doctor the wrong one
Drug mix-up: These two drugs in identical vials were at Raymond Whitbread's beside and a nurse told the baby's inquest yesterday that she handed the doctor the wrong one

Drug mix-up: These two drugs in identical vials were at Raymond Whitbread's beside and a nurse told the baby's inquest yesterday that she handed the doctor the wrong one

Date1/31/1983
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Original Toronto Star caption: Drug mix-up: These two drugs in identical vials were at Raymond Whitbread's beside and a nurse told the baby's inquest yesterday that she handed the doctor the wrong one.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0005516F
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