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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.

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.

Date4/27/1982
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6/15/1983
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Hyperbaric chamber simulates underwater air-pressure so doctors can treat divers who suffer from the bends -- too rapid decompression. Patients with o(...)
7/11/1975
Two leaders of a group of doctors who now extra-bill their patients say that if the government bans the practice, they will defy the law, pay the fine(...)
Two leaders of a group of doctors who now extra-bill their patients say that if the government bans the practice, they will defy the law, pay the fine(...)
3/18/1986
Doctor arrives: Dr. Norman Jones, 68, is welcomed as he makes a house call. Jones who admits he now prefers to see most of his patients in his office,(...)
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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
Eye operation: Eye surgeon Dr. Lionel Chisholm of Toronto Western Hospital says a research clinic here would provide a centre where he and other doctors could share information on eye treatment techniques with researchers. Because there is no eye research institute in Canada, those with disease or injures often travel to the U.S., the site of the nearest eye centres.
Eye operation: Eye surgeon Dr. Lionel Chisholm of Toronto Western Hospital says a research clinic here would provide a centre where he and other doctors could share information on eye treatment techniques with researchers. Because there is no eye research institute in Canada, those with disease or injures often travel to the U.S., the site of the nearest eye centres.
2/4/1986
Dr. Joseph Dawson, registrar of the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons, admits college's patient complaint procedure is unsatisfactory. A doctor's incompetence is now judged by fellow doctors.
Dr. Joseph Dawson, registrar of the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons, admits college's patient complaint procedure is unsatisfactory. A doctor's incompetence is now judged by fellow doctors.
9/23/1970
Life-saving machine: Patient Jack Hayward exercises at Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital while wearing the Holter Monitor which warned doctors he would have a heart attack. Dr. Donald G. Peat is at left.
Life-saving machine: Patient Jack Hayward exercises at Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital while wearing the Holter Monitor which warned doctors he would have a heart attack. Dr. Donald G. Peat is at left.
4/15/1981
Office closed: Dr. Louis Myers closes up shop on Brunswick Ave. as doctors across the province start an open-ended strike. This latest move intensifies their protest against extra billing and officials hope for at least the 60-per-cent response they got in last month's two-day walkout.
Office closed: Dr. Louis Myers closes up shop on Brunswick Ave. as doctors across the province start an open-ended strike. This latest move intensifies their protest against extra billing and officials hope for at least the 60-per-cent response they got in last month's two-day walkout.
6/11/1986
Dr. Philip Hall, an obstetrician-gynecologist with Toronto General Hospital's Ante-Natal Diagnosis Clinic, says Canadian doctors would also refuse to perform an amniocentesis to determine sex alone.
Dr. Philip Hall, an obstetrician-gynecologist with Toronto General Hospital's Ante-Natal Diagnosis Clinic, says Canadian doctors would also refuse to perform an amniocentesis to determine sex alone.
9/7/1979
Shortage of general practitioners makes it necessary for many physicians to see large numbers of patients every day, a doctor argues in the letter below. He believes a user fee would curb abuses
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