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Special toucch: Dr. Norman Lofchy gives 19-month-old Lacey Duke a checkup at the Albany Medical Clinic. Dr. Joe Strashin (far left) was a founder of the group medical practice clinic.
Special toucch: Dr. Norman Lofchy gives 19-month-old Lacey Duke a checkup at the Albany Medical Clinic. Dr. Joe Strashin (far left) was a founder of the group medical practice clinic.

Special toucch: Dr. Norman Lofchy gives 19-month-old Lacey Duke a checkup at the Albany Medical Clinic. Dr. Joe Strashin (far left) was a founder of the group medical practice clinic.

Date11/28/1986
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Special touch: Dr. Norman Lofchy gives 19-month-old Lacey Duke a checkup at the Albany Medical Clinic. Dr. Joe Strashin (far left) was a founder of the group medical practice clinic.
Special touch: Dr. Norman Lofchy gives 19-month-old Lacey Duke a checkup at the Albany Medical Clinic. Dr. Joe Strashin (far left) was a founder of the group medical practice clinic.
11/28/1986
Dr. Richard Chen, (left) and Dr. Gary McIsaac operate new Mississauga clinic that gives men quick alternative to prostate surgery.
Dr. Richard Chen, (left) and Dr. Gary McIsaac operate new Mississauga clinic that gives men quick alternative to prostate surgery.
8/28/1992
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
In free medical clinic at Rochdale College are, Dr. Bryan Grundy, Paki Djervad, co-ordinator of and Sue Hutton, a registered nurse. The clinic, locate(...)
In free medical clinic at Rochdale College are, Dr. Bryan Grundy, Paki Djervad, co-ordinator of and Sue Hutton, a registered nurse. The clinic, locate(...)
5/9/1972
Key members of a Canadian team setting up a medical clinic at a refugee camp in Ethiopia are Dr. Michael Kane, left, a member of Canadian Physicians for African Refugees. and engineer Henry Gold
Key members of a Canadian team setting up a medical clinic at a refugee camp in Ethiopia are Dr. Michael Kane, left, a member of Canadian Physicians for African Refugees. and engineer Henry Gold
4/21/1985
Stroke victim: Specialists told Dr. Douglas Dalgleish he'd be blind on the left side and never walk again after his massive stroke, but he proved them wrong and has resumed his medical practice.
Stroke victim: Specialists told Dr. Douglas Dalgleish he'd be blind on the left side and never walk again after his massive stroke, but he proved them wrong and has resumed his medical practice.
5/14/1984
Job well done:L Dr. Marvin Tile, head of orthopedic surgery at Sunnybrook Medical Centre, talks to 19-year-old Kevin Hansen, a student from Lowa, after an operation on Kevin's smashed hip socket that likely saved him from life in a wheelchair. Tile is one of North America's leading authorities on hip-socket surgery, performed at only a few hospitals in North America.
Job well done:L Dr. Marvin Tile, head of orthopedic surgery at Sunnybrook Medical Centre, talks to 19-year-old Kevin Hansen, a student from Lowa, after an operation on Kevin's smashed hip socket that likely saved him from life in a wheelchair. Tile is one of North America's leading authorities on hip-socket surgery, performed at only a few hospitals in North America.
11/18/1983
Friendly exchange: Deng Pufang, in wheelchair right, shakes hands with Dr. David Houlden of Sunnybrook Medical Centre who created machine to diagnose extent of spinal cord injuries. Deng, founder and director of the China Fund for the Handicapped, is on North American tour.
Friendly exchange: Deng Pufang, in wheelchair right, shakes hands with Dr. David Houlden of Sunnybrook Medical Centre who created machine to diagnose extent of spinal cord injuries. Deng, founder and director of the China Fund for the Handicapped, is on North American tour.
9/28/1987
Lean and friendly Dr. Robin Tattershall, above, offers a different kind of vacation at his Bougainvillea Clinic, left, overlooking Road Town, Tortola, in the British Virgin Islands. You can, if you meet the doctor's approval, come away tanned, fit and with a new face or a different nose or figure. The clinic with its pool and Moorish arches was built to be a small, posh hotel.
Lean and friendly Dr. Robin Tattershall, above, offers a different kind of vacation at his Bougainvillea Clinic, left, overlooking Road Town, Tortola, in the British Virgin Islands. You can, if you meet the doctor's approval, come away tanned, fit and with a new face or a different nose or figure. The clinic with its pool and Moorish arches was built to be a small, posh hotel.
3/1/1986
Big Jim Leeson parks his Cessna Skyplane, zips up his jacket and goes to pay a house call. By flying, Wiarton's Dr. Leeson figures he's beaten one of the biggest problems facing the progessive rural doctor today: Isolation from his colleagues and the big city medical centres. With his Cessna he can hop down to Toronto in an hour for a lecture. Still, he admits, a rural practice might not be every doctor's cup of tea, I'm a farm boy myself...I'm used to it, he says.
Big Jim Leeson parks his Cessna Skyplane, zips up his jacket and goes to pay a house call. By flying, Wiarton's Dr. Leeson figures he's beaten one of the biggest problems facing the progessive rural doctor today: Isolation from his colleagues and the big city medical centres. With his Cessna he can hop down to Toronto in an hour for a lecture. Still, he admits, a rural practice might not be every doctor's cup of tea, I'm a farm boy myself...I'm used to it, he says.
3/10/1970
Dr. Israel Strashin: There's no time to ask how the kids are.
Dr. Israel Strashin: There's no time to ask how the kids are.
2/5/1982
Lamp clinic: Bonnnie Heath, co-ordinator of the lakeshore Area Multi-Service Project, goes over case reports with Dr. Donald Cole, who treats workers made ill by job-related hazards. Cole works at lamp's occupational health clinic, saved by a government grant recently.
Lamp clinic: Bonnnie Heath, co-ordinator of the lakeshore Area Multi-Service Project, goes over case reports with Dr. Donald Cole, who treats workers made ill by job-related hazards. Cole works at lamp's occupational health clinic, saved by a government grant recently.
5/4/1987