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Kidney specialist Dr. Paul Tam vowed to bring a $1 million kidney dialysis unit to Scarborough after Gary Belz died of a heart attack due to kidney failure more than two years ago. Tam said if Belz, then 37, hadn't had to wait a month for dialysis treatment at a downtown hospital, he would still be alive today. And Tam said the dozens of patients who travel downtown for dialysis would have a much, much better quality of life if a unit were Scaborough. But after [Incomplete]
Kidney specialist Dr. Paul Tam vowed to bring a $1 million kidney dialysis unit to Scarborough after Gary Belz died of a heart attack due to kidney failure more than two years ago. Tam said if Belz, then 37, hadn't had to wait a month for dialysis treatment at a downtown hospital, he would still be alive today. And Tam said the dozens of patients who travel downtown for dialysis would have a much, much better quality of life if a unit were Scaborough. But after [Incomplete]

Kidney specialist Dr. Paul Tam vowed to bring a $1 million kidney dialysis unit to Scarborough after Gary Belz died of a heart attack due to kidney failure more than two years ago. Tam said if Belz, then 37, hadn't had to wait a month for dialysis treatment at a downtown hospital, he would still be alive today. And Tam said the dozens of patients who travel downtown for dialysis would have a much, much better quality of life if a unit were Scaborough. But after [Incomplete]

Date11/24/1986
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Kicking off kidney month with a grin, Dialysis patient Linda Colpman, 13, of Toronto is delighted to receive an autograph from Ontario Lieutenant-Gove(...)
Kicking off kidney month with a grin, Dialysis patient Linda Colpman, 13, of Toronto is delighted to receive an autograph from Ontario Lieutenant-Gove(...)
2/28/1985
Queen for a day, Annette Marsh, who visits Toronto Western Hospital twice a week for kidney dialysis, had a surprise waiting for her yesterday when ho(...)
Queen for a day, Annette Marsh, who visits Toronto Western Hospital twice a week for kidney dialysis, had a surprise waiting for her yesterday when ho(...)
4/16/1980
Verdict was life for Gerry Campeau when he traded 5 years on hated dialysis machine for kidney transplant
Verdict was life for Gerry Campeau when he traded 5 years on hated dialysis machine for kidney transplant
1/8/1978
Reliever Bill Caudill (right) and 21 other Jays helped raise $15,000 for children on kidney dialysis
Reliever Bill Caudill (right) and 21 other Jays helped raise $15,000 for children on kidney dialysis
6/3/1985
They're a team: Peter Straetmans, blind for seven years has lodged a complaint against a doctor at Sunnybrook Medical Centre who won't allow his guide dog Jocko into the kidney dialysis room
They're a team: Peter Straetmans, blind for seven years has lodged a complaint against a doctor at Sunnybrook Medical Centre who won't allow his guide dog Jocko into the kidney dialysis room
11/9/1983
Three days a week, Dannie LeBlanc, 27, travels to Toronto from Waterloo to receive dialysis treatment because hospitals near his home don't have the f(...)
Three days a week, Dannie LeBlanc, 27, travels to Toronto from Waterloo to receive dialysis treatment because hospitals near his home don't have the f(...)
6/18/1978
Dialysis life-line: Heather Janack, undergoing the blood-cleansing she needs three times a wek, thanks Patrick and Barbara Keenan, who donated $2 million yesterday to St
Dialysis life-line: Heather Janack, undergoing the blood-cleansing she needs three times a wek, thanks Patrick and Barbara Keenan, who donated $2 million yesterday to St
3/17/1993
Marilyn flowers, right is the home dialysis co-ordinator at Sunnybrook Hospital
Marilyn flowers, right is the home dialysis co-ordinator at Sunnybrook Hospital
10/12/1970
Tom Kidney of Tam Heather Curling Club, one of the competitors in Canada Life bonspiel now taking place, looks apprehensive over a shot during one of the matches
Tom Kidney of Tam Heather Curling Club, one of the competitors in Canada Life bonspiel now taking place, looks apprehensive over a shot during one of the matches
1/16/1968
Black activist Richard Dildy - who was once arrested for proclaiming Santa a fraud during Toronto's annual Santa Claus parade - is dead at age 47. He died of kidney and liver failure in Wellesley Hospital Friday. The United States-born insurance salesman spent most of his life trying to convince parents to stop telling children that Santa Claus is coming to town. [Incomplete]
Black activist Richard Dildy - who was once arrested for proclaiming Santa a fraud during Toronto's annual Santa Claus parade - is dead at age 47. He died of kidney and liver failure in Wellesley Hospital Friday. The United States-born insurance salesman spent most of his life trying to convince parents to stop telling children that Santa Claus is coming to town. [Incomplete]
4/9/1987
Kidney transplant for her daughter, Lynda was the most wonderful Christmas present, says Minnie Jackson, above, with kidney machine that was used to keep her daughter alive
Kidney transplant for her daughter, Lynda was the most wonderful Christmas present, says Minnie Jackson, above, with kidney machine that was used to keep her daughter alive
12/16/1977
Kidney recipient has baby, One of the first kidney-transplant patients in Canada to have a baby, Grace Covert of Barrie, proudly shows her husband, Do(...)
Kidney recipient has baby, One of the first kidney-transplant patients in Canada to have a baby, Grace Covert of Barrie, proudly shows her husband, Do(...)
7/31/1975