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Baby died: Jackie and Bradley Cook, whose son Justin was one of 36 babies to die mysteriously at the Hospital for Sick Children, travelled from Owen Sound to be at yesterday's hearing
Baby died: Jackie and Bradley Cook, whose son Justin was one of 36 babies to die mysteriously at the Hospital for Sick Children, travelled from Owen Sound to be at yesterday's hearing

Baby died: Jackie and Bradley Cook, whose son Justin was one of 36 babies to die mysteriously at the Hospital for Sick Children, travelled from Owen Sound to be at yesterday's hearing

Date6/28/1984
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Original Toronto Star caption: Baby died: Jackie and Bradley Cook; whose son Justin was one of 36 babies to die mysteriously at the Hospital for Sick Children; travelled from Owen Sound to be at yesterday's hearing.
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Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario
Grieving mother: Barbara Miller, whose daughter Allana died at Hospital for Sick Children, listens intently to testimony being given at the Grange royal commission into the baby deaths
Grieving mother: Barbara Miller, whose daughter Allana died at Hospital for Sick Children, listens intently to testimony being given at the Grange royal commission into the baby deaths
4/11/1984
A head nurse at the Hospital for Sick Children did not believe nurse Susan Nelles could have killed babies in her care, even after police launched a h(...)
A head nurse at the Hospital for Sick Children did not believe nurse Susan Nelles could have killed babies in her care, even after police launched a h(...)
1/30/1984
Centre of controversy: Mr. Justice Samuel Grange, who is heading the royal commission into the deaths of 36 babies at the Hospital for Sick Children, (...)
Centre of controversy: Mr. Justice Samuel Grange, who is heading the royal commission into the deaths of 36 babies at the Hospital for Sick Children, (...)
10/18/1983
A heart specialist at the Hospital for Sick Children said he told another physician at the hospital the night before the death of Justin Cook that, if this baby dies we have a murderer in our midst. Dr. Robert Freedom, a senior staff cardiologist, said
A heart specialist at the Hospital for Sick Children said he told another physician at the hospital the night before the death of Justin Cook that, if this baby dies we have a murderer in our midst. Dr. Robert Freedom, a senior staff cardiologist, said
9/8/1983
Testimony continues, Nurse Susan Nelles is comforted by her lawyer, John Sopinka, during yesterday's hearings into baby deaths at the Hospital for Sick Children
Testimony continues, Nurse Susan Nelles is comforted by her lawyer, John Sopinka, during yesterday's hearings into baby deaths at the Hospital for Sick Children
4/3/1984
Janet Brownless testified that on March 25, 1981, when Nelles was charged with murdering baby Justin Cook, Trayner told her: Why her, why not me? I wa(...)
Janet Brownless testified that on March 25, 1981, when Nelles was charged with murdering baby Justin Cook, Trayner told her: Why her, why not me? I wa(...)
3/6/1984
Police bring out one of the babies found in the apartment where the stabbing took place
Police bring out one of the babies found in the apartment where the stabbing took place
8/1/1979
Job finished: Mr. Justice Samuel Grange looks over the final draft of his report on the 36 deaths at the Hospital for Sick Children today. Now he hope(...)
Job finished: Mr. Justice Samuel Grange looks over the final draft of his report on the 36 deaths at the Hospital for Sick Children today. Now he hope(...)
1/3/1985
A murderer could have used the working schedule of nurse Phylis Trayner as a cover to kill babies at the Hospital for Sick Children, the Grange royal commission has been told
A murderer could have used the working schedule of nurse Phylis Trayner as a cover to kill babies at the Hospital for Sick Children, the Grange royal commission has been told
6/2/1983
Posing as a 35-year-old Forest Hill married woman seeking a private adoption, Star staff writer, Doris Hopper, chats with Metro Lawyer Irving Copeland in his office. Copeland said he has handled 1,400 private adoptions in 18 years of practice as a lawyer as a lawyer and charges fees of $800 to $1,000 for his services. He said he has travelled widely to bring babies to Metro. I've travelled as far as St. John's and Vancouver. he said.
Posing as a 35-year-old Forest Hill married woman seeking a private adoption, Star staff writer, Doris Hopper, chats with Metro Lawyer Irving Copeland in his office. Copeland said he has handled 1,400 private adoptions in 18 years of practice as a lawyer as a lawyer and charges fees of $800 to $1,000 for his services. He said he has travelled widely to bring babies to Metro. I've travelled as far as St. John's and Vancouver. he said.
3/23/1978
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
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
1/31/1983
On the stand: Nurse Mary Costello testifies at Grange commission yesterday that some nurses at Hospital for Sick Children were afraid to join one team because it had so much bad luck
On the stand: Nurse Mary Costello testifies at Grange commission yesterday that some nurses at Hospital for Sick Children were afraid to join one team because it had so much bad luck
1/30/1984