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Tokenism feared: Former psychiatric patients Don Weitz and Carol Stubbs, top photo, worry that patients in institutions won't be told they can vote.
Tokenism feared: Former psychiatric patients Don Weitz and Carol Stubbs, top photo, worry that patients in institutions won't be told they can vote.

Tokenism feared: Former psychiatric patients Don Weitz and Carol Stubbs, top photo, worry that patients in institutions won't be told they can vote.

Date4/26/1985
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Object NumberTSPA_0125226F
House of fear: The St. Thomas Psychiatric Hospital houses patients judged not guilty of violent crimes by reason of insanity. Hospital administrator Bob Cunningham, inset, is striving to quiet fears of residents opposed to the release of patients into the community.
House of fear: The St. Thomas Psychiatric Hospital houses patients judged not guilty of violent crimes by reason of insanity. Hospital administrator Bob Cunningham, inset, is striving to quiet fears of residents opposed to the release of patients into the community.
7/16/1988
Ty Turner: Official of Psychiatric Patients Advocate Office calls plan a major step backwards.
Ty Turner: Official of Psychiatric Patients Advocate Office calls plan a major step backwards.
5/27/1986
On the Job: Dr. Mory Gutman saw patients as usual at his office in the Toronto General Hospital yesterday because all the doctors at the clinic had decided earlier to put their patients first and boycott the doctors' walkout.
On the Job: Dr. Mory Gutman saw patients as usual at his office in the Toronto General Hospital yesterday because all the doctors at the clinic had decided earlier to put their patients first and boycott the doctors' walkout.
4/27/1982
Bounding sexual boundaries: Phil Stubbs will never criticize a woman's work again after caring for Hayley, left, and Josh.
Bounding sexual boundaries: Phil Stubbs will never criticize a woman's work again after caring for Hayley, left, and Josh.
9/14/1980
Elm Tree, a home run by Jess Pennelli, used to charge $11 a day per patient for down to earth accommodation where nursing patients must mix with the mentally ill
Elm Tree, a home run by Jess Pennelli, used to charge $11 a day per patient for down to earth accommodation where nursing patients must mix with the mentally ill
8/2/1972
Robert Stephens cosults with a patient in his office. During one weekend, Dr. Stephens talked by phone with 40 patients, was six in his office, visited eight at home and three in hospital, all at about a $3 hourly rate. Not rapacious for overtime work, he says.
Robert Stephens cosults with a patient in his office. During one weekend, Dr. Stephens talked by phone with 40 patients, was six in his office, visited eight at home and three in hospital, all at about a $3 hourly rate. Not rapacious for overtime work, he says.
1/16/1973
Riverdale Hospital director Alex S. Brown is concerned about effect on patients of turning Don Jail (in background) into pet centre
Riverdale Hospital director Alex S. Brown is concerned about effect on patients of turning Don Jail (in background) into pet centre
9/13/1978
He thinks kids are wonderful, and that was one reason 82-year-old pensioner William Brown walked into the Hospital for Sick Children yesterday and gave away $5,500 in $10 and $50 bills to buy special treats for patients.
He thinks kids are wonderful, and that was one reason 82-year-old pensioner William Brown walked into the Hospital for Sick Children yesterday and gave away $5,500 in $10 and $50 bills to buy special treats for patients.
3/13/1970
Drug users put in some of Humber Memorial's 22 mental health beds sometimes upset the other patients, says Dr. P. O. Butler, the hospital's chief of psychiartry.
Drug users put in some of Humber Memorial's 22 mental health beds sometimes upset the other patients, says Dr. P. O. Butler, the hospital's chief of psychiartry.
3/17/1971
John Cocker, with his magazines, says he always enjoyed making people laugh, especially my patients. The 58-year-old doctor also provides guffaws as an after-dinner speaker.
John Cocker, with his magazines, says he always enjoyed making people laugh, especially my patients. The 58-year-old doctor also provides guffaws as an after-dinner speaker.
9/4/1992
Space-age x-ray: Dr. James Dickie, head of radiology at Scarborough General Hospital, studies an X-ray as the hospital's new Angicon unit scans a patient's blood vessels. The unit could save the lives of many Metro seniors.
Space-age x-ray: Dr. James Dickie, head of radiology at Scarborough General Hospital, studies an X-ray as the hospital's new Angicon unit scans a patient's blood vessels. The unit could save the lives of many Metro seniors.
12/14/1982
Dr. Ian Dube, director of the first cancer cytogenetics program in Canada, and senior technologist Sandra Johnson, look at lab results from leukemia patients.
Dr. Ian Dube, director of the first cancer cytogenetics program in Canada, and senior technologist Sandra Johnson, look at lab results from leukemia patients.
1/16/1987