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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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Call Number / Accession 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(...)
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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(...)
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