New package: The Hospital for Sick Children has switched to this packaging for the drug Lasix, since baby Raymond Whitbread was given the wrong drug shortly before he died

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New package: The Hospital for Sick Children has switched to this packaging for the drug Lasix, since baby Raymond Whitbread was given the wrong drug shortly before he died

Date1/31/1983

Names

Cooper, David (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: New package: The Hospital for Sick Children has switched to this packaging for the drug Lasix; since baby Raymond Whitbread was given the wrong drug shortly before he died.

Subject

Drugs

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0005520F

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