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Derek Nesdoly: Phoned 14 Ontario hospitals to get dying woman admitted.
Derek Nesdoly: Phoned 14 Ontario hospitals to get dying woman admitted.

Derek Nesdoly: Phoned 14 Ontario hospitals to get dying woman admitted.

Date5/12/1992
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Derek Nesdoly: Doctor spent nine hours looking for a hospital to treat dying woman.
Derek Nesdoly: Doctor spent nine hours looking for a hospital to treat dying woman.
10/11/1989
Dr. Derek Nesdoly: Says desperate search for beds has become routine.
Dr. Derek Nesdoly: Says desperate search for beds has become routine.
11/28/1989
Dr. Derek Nesdoly: Says desperate serch for beds has become routine.
Dr. Derek Nesdoly: Says desperate serch for beds has become routine.
5/8/1986
Confronting death: Scarborough Centenary Hospital's palliative care team, formed to help dying patients and their families, includes, from the left, Dr. David Seager, social worker Angela Al-Hillal, nurse Lin Rousseaux, Dr. Joan Jeu and chaplain Thomas Davies.
Confronting death: Scarborough Centenary Hospital's palliative care team, formed to help dying patients and their families, includes, from the left, Dr. David Seager, social worker Angela Al-Hillal, nurse Lin Rousseaux, Dr. Joan Jeu and chaplain Thomas Davies.
4/3/1989
Peter Steiner, the 14-year-old boy injured on a crosswalk by a car that killed the crossing guard, has visitors in his room East General Hospitals: John Thauberger, 14, a fellow pupil at St
Peter Steiner, the 14-year-old boy injured on a crosswalk by a car that killed the crossing guard, has visitors in his room East General Hospitals: John Thauberger, 14, a fellow pupil at St
3/8/1973
New program: Merle Jacobs, left, program co-ordinator for Branson Hospital's three-month-old program for eating disorders, discusses clinic with Dr. Fred Kroft, the hospital's head of psychiatry department.
New program: Merle Jacobs, left, program co-ordinator for Branson Hospital's three-month-old program for eating disorders, discusses clinic with Dr. Fred Kroft, the hospital's head of psychiatry department.
10/28/1985
$170,000 detective: Dr. Kal Schneider, of Etobicoke General Hospital's radiology department, is all smiles as he demonstrates hospital's new ultrasound machine, in which sound waves are used to obtain pictures of the body's internal organs, including the heart. Schneider is holding a transducer, which sends out sound wave.
$170,000 detective: Dr. Kal Schneider, of Etobicoke General Hospital's radiology department, is all smiles as he demonstrates hospital's new ultrasound machine, in which sound waves are used to obtain pictures of the body's internal organs, including the heart. Schneider is holding a transducer, which sends out sound wave.
2/13/1980
Derek O'Brien survived a brutal childhood to be put in Mount Cashel Orphanage at 14, where life was even worse.
Derek O'Brien survived a brutal childhood to be put in Mount Cashel Orphanage at 14, where life was even worse.
3/21/1991
Thoroughly modern now: Branson Hospital's chief of surgery, Dr. Rolando Corpus, above, said the hospital had lagged behind others that had upgraded their equipment with new technology. The reopened hospital now boasts high-tech surgical equipment.
Thoroughly modern now: Branson Hospital's chief of surgery, Dr. Rolando Corpus, above, said the hospital had lagged behind others that had upgraded their equipment with new technology. The reopened hospital now boasts high-tech surgical equipment.
4/5/1990
Color Barrier: Prestigious teaching hospitals are largely closed to people like himself, says obstetrician Dr. Francis Sam, right, talking with nursing attendant George Maingot at Doctors Hospital.
Color Barrier: Prestigious teaching hospitals are largely closed to people like himself, says obstetrician Dr. Francis Sam, right, talking with nursing attendant George Maingot at Doctors Hospital.
1/11/1989
Business as usual: Staff workers at a busy nursing station at York Central Hospital in Richmond Hill work cheerfully through the holiday season, but executive director Jim Hepburn (left) remains troubled by the 316-bed hospital's bleak financial picture
Business as usual: Staff workers at a busy nursing station at York Central Hospital in Richmond Hill work cheerfully through the holiday season, but executive director Jim Hepburn (left) remains troubled by the 316-bed hospital's bleak financial picture
12/23/1985
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