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Date8/11/1981

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Spremo, Boris (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: In focus: Van Oosten looms with her 35mm camera and special lens over a heart operation at Toronto General Hospital to take vital close-ups. This operation is delicate open-heart surgery. Medical photographers have to dress in sterilized garb like the surgeons and nurses.

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