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Kidney recipient has baby, One of the first kidney-transplant patients in Canada to have a baby, Grace Covert of Barrie, proudly shows her husband, Do(...)
Kidney recipient has baby, One of the first kidney-transplant patients in Canada to have a baby, Grace Covert of Barrie, proudly shows her husband, Do(...)

Kidney recipient has baby, One of the first kidney-transplant patients in Canada to have a baby, Grace Covert of Barrie, proudly shows her husband, Do(...)

Date7/31/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Kidney recipient has baby, One of the first kidney-transplant patients in Canada to have a baby, Grace Covert of Barrie, proudly shows her husband, Douglas, their daughter, Sarah Nicole, yesterday in Toronto Western Hospital. The Coverts hadn't expected to have children after she was given a new kidney in October, 1971. Details on page B2.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0026479F
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